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Planning to Raise a WWII Dauntless Dive Bomber from Lake Michigan

Ian Harvey

Consideration is being given to raising a WWII era dive bomber aircraft that crashed into Lake Michigan in 1943. If the lift is done, the…

USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma Set to Sail Again for the US Navy

Ian Harvey

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced that two new Virginia-class submarines will be named after the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma in honor…

SB>1 Defiant ‘Supercopter’ Will be the Fastest Helicopter in The world

Ian Harvey

Lockheed  Maritn and Sikorsky have unveiled their very different concept for a military helicopter – the SB>1 Defiant. According to a statement from Sikorsky, the…

Grave of ‘Man With The Iron Heart’ Reinhard Heydrich ‘Defiled’

Ian Harvey

The police in Berlin are investigating the opening of the unmarked grave of SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, key architect of Hitler’s Final Solution, nicknamed the…

British Commando Took Out ISIS Fighter With a WW2 Fairbairn-Sykes Knife

Ian Harvey

A British commando with the Special Boat Service (SBS) killed an ISIS terrorist with a World War II-era Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife. It is thought to…

Norway to Capped U-864 That Was Leaking Mercury into the Sea

Ian Harvey

A WW2 U-864 had become an environmental nightmare due to toxic cargo it holds. Sunk off the coast of Norway in February 1945 while transporting…

Ceremony to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the Death of Captain of the Graf Spee, to be Held in Argentina

Ian Harvey

Inge Nedden, daughter of Kriegsmarine Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee, will honor her father in a ceremony this Christmas, many miles away from…

Last Japanese Survivor From the Battle of Peleliu Dies at 98

Ian Harvey

The Battle of Peleliu was one of the bloodiest and most deadly conflicts in the Pacific Theatre and claimed more than 12,000 lives, which is…

Pain, Drill & Boot Camp: Secrets of Sam Mendes’s Epic 1917

Ian Harvey

Sam Mendes, director of the WWI movie 1917, spent time ensuring that every detail of the film was historically accurate, and the result reflects his…

Divers Use WW2 Equipment To Return A Crew Member To USS Arizona

Ian Harvey

Divers from the Army conducted a unique and poignant internment when they lowered an urn containing the ashes of Lauren Bruner into the wreck of…

‘Masters of the Air’ from Hanks & Spielberg Set in Norfolk Finally Happening

Ian Harvey

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are teaming up on a miniseries about US airmen in World War II. While it had appeared that the show…

Maurice Mounsdon, One of Last Members of ‘The Few’, dies aged 101

Ian Harvey

One of the last four remaining Battle of Britain pilots has died at age 101. Maurice Mounsdon, a Flight Lieutenant in August 1940, survived severe…