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The Perfect, Unkillable Soldier – He Fought In Wars For Almost Fifty Years

Some men have no fear of death, while others have no fear of personal injury. One man snubbed his nose at both, which was why…

Amazing Second World War Metal Detector Finds

  Although it may seem like waving a metal detector over the ground is easy, the practice is not as simple as it appears. It…

Return of the Combat Dealers – Finding, Restoring, And Selling Military Relics – Including Tanks

Military artifacts dealer, Bruce Crompton will take on his biggest challenges yet when he returns for a new series of Combat Dealers. Bruce will travel…

Scientific Discoveries From Recent Studies Of The Interior Of The USS Arizona

Clearly, the deputy chief and photographer of the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center (SRC) has been touched by the latest images from the sunken…

Tanker’s Account Of The Battle Of The Bulge In The Second World War

In mid-December 1944, the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, led by Lt. Col. Creighton W. Abrams, was linked to the 87th Infantry Division and…

Highest-Ranking American Survivor Of D-Day Has Died

General Seth McKee, the highest ranking survivor of the D-Day invasion in the Second World War, died at age 100 in Scottsdale, AZ, in December.…

The Awesome P-47 Thunderbolt In Action Over Europe In WW2 – Watch In Full Color

‘This is how we changed the face of Italy, from the air…’ So declares the narrator, famed actor and United States Air Force hero James…

This Japanese Soldier Survived In The Jungle For Decades After WW2 (Watch)

Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was deployed to Lubang Island in the Philippines in December 1944. He was 22 years old. His orders as an intelligence officer…

Resignations And Apologies After Nazi Cosplay Event Causes Offence In Taiwan

Parade around in a Nazi uniform complete with a swastika in any North American or European city and there would be outrage, and, in some…

Working To Recover The Remains Of Second World War U.S. Servicemen In India

The remains of U.S. servicemen missing since their aircraft crashed during World War II in the Himalayas may have been found, say Department of Defense…

In 1935, A Team Of Nazi Explorers Set Out To Begin A Colony On The Amazon River

Deep within Brazil’s Amazon rain forest, there’s a Nazi grave flanked by a towering cross with a swastika in a cemetery close to the isolated…

Long Journey Of A Medieval Tapestry Which Decorated Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest

A 16th-century tapestry that once hung in Adolf Hitler’s retreat high in the Bavarian Alps was recently returned to Germany after a 65-year disappearance. The…