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Pictures from the WW2 Warbird Factory in Los Angeles

WARBIRD FACTORY - Review by Mark Barnes

Explore the WWII history of the company that later became a part of Boeing and made more aircraft from 1938 to 1944 than any other…

Two Soldiers Killed in WW2 Battle Identified And Returned Home After 74 years

Colin Fraser

In October of 2011, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was contacted by an Australian citizen in Papua New Guinea who drew their attention to possible…

The Battle of Tarawa: 76 Hours of Hell – 5,700 Dead for Twelve Square Miles

The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…

USS Samuel B. Roberts – “Destroyer Escort That Fought Like a Battleship” in the Battle of Leyte Gulf

USS Samuel B. Roberts had a short-lived but ferocious service. The ship was built in 1944 and was immediately sent to assist the Task Force…

The Man in this Iconic Photograph Refused To Salute Hitler – The Consequences Were Terrible

His gesture remains engraved in the minds of people around the world, yet August Landmesser’s name is not widely known. He is the man in the iconic…

The American WW2 Corsair – Known as the Whistling Death by the Japanese (Watch)

What was the role of the Corsair in World War 2? You are about to find out by watching this video! The Corsair was manufactured…

Roald Dahl – The Children’s Book Author Was Also an RAF Fighter Ace

Roald Dahl was largely known as a children’s book writer behind the titles such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, The…

Badly Wounded On His Right Arm, This Gurkha Fought Off 200 Japanese for 4hrs With Only His Left Hand

Never mess with a Gurkha. Not everyone knows this, but then again, many people don’t know what a Gurkha/Gorkha is. Gurkhas were a branch of…

Mel Gibson’s New Movie “Hacksaw Ridge” Gets 10-minute Standing Ovation at Premier

Mel Gibson’s new movie Hacksaw Ridge is a movie about WWII. It received a 10-minute standing ovation in Venice this weekend. About six minutes into…

American Woman in Iconic VJ Day Photo Passes Away at 92

Greta Friedman has passed away at the age of 92. She is best known as the woman in white being kissed by a sailor in…

Russia Unveils the Future of Drone Warfare – the Uran-9 Drone Tank

Russia would appear to be a leader in the use of unmanned autonomous combat vehicles with the unveiling at the Army 2016 military technical forum of…

The Battlebox – New Museum Commemorates the “Worst Disaster” in British Military History

The battle for Singapore, fought from the 8th to the 15th February 1942 was a bluff by the Japanese and a complete rout of the…