In 1943 a British pilot made an emergency landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa, only to have it surrender to him
The official story is that in June 1943, as a precursor to the Allied invasion of Sicily, the island was secured without resistance by the Royal…
President John F Kennedy’s DC-3 Gift To Mobutu Found Back In Congo, SOS For The Scrapper
Chaotic Start of the Congo State. Until 1960, the Congo was under Belgian Colonial rule. On June 30 of that year, a huge new Central African…
WW2 Veteran To Marry Long Lost Sweetheart After Help From BBC Talk Show Host
Roy Vickerman proposed to Nora Jackson last week – for the second time – with the same ring – 72 years after the first proposal.…
WW2 Bunker on Jersey in Channel Islands to be opened to public
The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, and the islands were the only part of the British Isles…
Female WWII “WASP” Pilots One Step Closer to Gaining Entry to Arlington Cemetery
Should you inadvertently disturb a wasp’s nest, be ready for a great buzzing and possible attack by the inhabitants of the nest. So it was…
Filling a historical gap – Veteran chronicles the service of AC-119 “Shadow” gunships in Vietnam
In the years following his service in the Vietnam War, local veteran Larry Fletcher fervently searched for books about the Air Force’s special operations squadrons…
Stuart Tank Returns Home to Berwick, Pennsylvania
Every one of the 15,224 tanks made in the American Car and Foundry in Berwick, P.A., and used in combat in World War II had…
Battle of Mount Vesuvius, Spartacus and his men rappelling down a mountain
It is not often that significant battles occur on slopes of tall mountains, there are usually too many forces involved for such steep terrain. The…
Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch Matilda II Part 3 – By World of Tanks
The third part of a four-part tour of the Infantry Tank Mk II, Matilda II. The Infantry Tank Mark II, best known as the Matilda,…
Pacific Tank Wrecks – 12 Amazing Images of Pacific Battle Relics
In the Jungles and beaches of the Pacific Island where all kind of wrecks can still be found, we have made for you a selection…
Captured German Secret Weapons – Bachem Ba 349 and Ruhrstahl X-4 1945 (Watch)
In the Bavarian alps, in the final stages of the war in Europe, the allies discover the remains of some of Germany’s secret weapon program.…
Badly Wounded, Marine Used His Spade To Knock Grenades Back At The Enemy
Hector Cafferatta would describe himself as the world’s worst baseball player, but that didn’t stop him from whacking over a dozen grenades out of the…