Facts About ‘Top Gun’ and Its Award-Winning Sequel
Top Gun is a 1986 American action flick directed by Tony Scott. It follows Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and his co-pilot Nick “Goose” Bradshaw…
de Havilland Mosquito: The Versatile Aircraft That Struck Fear Into the Germans
The de Havilland Mosquito was a British twin-engine, multirole combat aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other Allied air forces during…
Michael Alexander: The British Commando Who Escaped Death By Faking His Family Tree
Not all those who were captured in combat were taken as prisoners of war (POWs) during the Second World War. Some were shot on-site, particularly…
Eight Abandoned Military Bases That Have Been Abandoned for Decades
At their construction, military bases are intended to be some of the most utilized structures. However, when conflicts come to a close and as technologies…
Brilliant Images of the Enormous German Flak Towers
Flak Towers were a major construct by the Germans during WWII. The Third Reich was renowned for its vast bunker construction during its time in…
The Monstrous Submarine Pens Built to Shelter the Kriegsmarine’s Wolfpacks
The submarine pens built in WWII were some of the biggest concrete construction works of the war, and some of toughest targets throughout all of…
Medic: On Return from Afghanistan I Was Never the Same, I Was Broken
Background I don’t claim to have been the greatest soldier, the bravest or the most resilient. I don’t claim to have been in ferocious combat,…
They Want to Use a Crane Grab to Recover Short Stirling From the Lake
Plans to raise a Short Stirling bomber which crashed during World War II have come under criticism. The plane, BK716, was based at RAF Downham…
Now You Can Spend a Night Inside Some Serious History
Saint-Pabu is situated on the far North-Western coast of Brittany, surrounded by perfect white beaches and bucolic countryside and is these days described as the…
Vatican is Opening Highly Controversial WW2-Era Files on Pope Pius XII
The Papacy has never been an institution to duck controversy and has managed to survive for centuries from the death of the Roman Empire, through…
Giant Flak Tower to Become Luxury Hotel
The St. Pauli bunker in Hamburg, Germany, is set for a hotel makeover. The bunker was built in World War II to provide air defense…
Entering the Flak Barrage
The German Flak (aka Ground Anti-Aircraft) guns were most effective weapons, with the legendary Flak 88 mm as the standard version (which was also a…