Scrapping And Salvaging World War II Aircraft in North Africa
Wartime film clips show U.S. Aircraft and fighters at Telergma in North Africa at a field scrapyard, yielding valuable parts to keep ’em flying. Any…
Copyright to Anne Frank’s Diary Continues to be Contested
A battle over the copyright for Anne Frank’s World War Two diary is becoming heated as several parties contest the rights to the diary. Anne’s…
The D-Day Landing Minute-by-Minute Revealed in Book
A comprehensive book tells the story of the D-Day landings in the order in which they occurred. D-Day Minute by Minute is written by British…
How 4 U.S. Attack Helicopters Were Destroyed Because of Geotagged Pictures
By the end of 2016, there will be more than 2 billion smartphones in use throughout the world, and all of them contain technology that…
The Nika Riots: Sports Riots that Nearly Toppled an Empire
Today soccer is unequivocally the most popular sport in a world with countless different sports vying for fans. In the ancient world there were not…
“Nazi War Diggers” Renamed “Battlefield Recovery” – Britain’s Channel 5 TV Accused Of Disrespecting WWII Dead.
In March 2014, National Geographic announced that it would not be broadcasting a controversial series of four one-hour documentary films, entitled “Nazi War Diggers”. Due…
The A-10 Tank Buster Was Built Around This Gun – See How They Load This Monster
In the early 1970s, the A-10 Thunderbolt II was developed. This official name is derived from the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt that was used in World…
One MoH for Fighting the Confederates and Another for Fighting the Indians, Frank Baldwin Received Two Medals of Honor
Receiving the Medal of Honor for valor in combat puts one in the hallowed company of but a few thousand individuals to ever grace the…
The German Officer Who Rescued the ‘Pianist’
Sometimes, things aren’t always so black and white. Take the Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp in Poland. Who would ever have thought that he’d…
Das Boot, The Background, Facts and Goofs
“Das Boot” is a 1981 German war film epic. Meaning “The Boat,” it is an adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s 1973 German novel of the same…
1984: Testing the Autobahn Airfield – A10s, Hercules’ and Fighters Land On A Highway (Watch)
In 1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular…
Black Sheep One: Marine Fighter Ace With 26 Kills -Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
Gregory Boyington would often muse that during his 20 months as a Japanese POW his health actually improved due to the forced sobriety. Affectionately known…