“Bazooka” Charlie’s Piper L-4H Reconnaissance Plane
It took 18 months of work, but Colin Powers has completed restoration work on “Bazooka” Charlie Carpenter’s Piper L-4H airplane, known as “Rosie the Rocketer.”…
Emily and Catalina: Two Exotic Flying Boat Beauties of the Pacific War
Before the outbreak of WWII, it became clear that the days of the dominant role of the huge Naval fleets of Destroyers and Battleships were…
Death of the Wooden Warship – Monitor vs Merrimack
It was March 8, 1862, a Saturday. On the waters of Hampton Roads off Newport News, Virginia – where the Chesapeake Bay empties into the…
Sophie Scholl, a Heroine WW2 to be Honoured by Germany With a Coin
Sophie Scholl was an anti-Nazi activist and a student when she was executed by guillotine on the 22nd February 1943, aged just 21, after being…
The Italian Navy Arrives in World of Warships: Legends
World of Warships: Legends brings in the first Italian warships, a new collaboration with Transformers, and a new system for players to manage and upgrade…
Live Like a Bond Villain, 3 Remote Napoleonic-Era Forts For Sale
Are you looking for a private getaway, and happen to have a few million pounds stashed away? If so, perhaps the three Napoleonic-era forts built…
Graf Spee Eagle Worth $26 MILLION, Could be Displayed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
In the first naval battle of World War II, the British navy was able to ‘sink the’ German pocket battleship Graf Spee. Fatally crippled by…
Now You Can Hire USS Cobia a WW2 Sub For a Night
Make history when you spend the night on USS Cobia, our fully restored World War II submarine. “USS Cobia (SS 245) was launched November 28, 1943, in…
Floyd Welch, One of the Last Survivors of Pearl Harbor, Dies at Age 99
Floyd Welch was a hero during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He passed away on August 17th at the age of 99. He was the…
Graffiti Denying the Holocaust Spray-Painted on Oradour-sur-Glane Memorial
On June 10, 1944, soldiers in the SS “Das Reich” division corralled 642 villagers in Oradour-sur-Glane into barns and a church and then setting the…
Medal of Honor Recipient Ronald Rosser Dies at Age 90
Medal of Honor Recipient Ronald Rosser passed away on Wednesday in Bumpus Mills, Tenessee at the age of 90 from issues related to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.…
World of Warships Announces Inked4WoWS Tattoo Winner
The World of Warships Inked4WoWS Tattoo contest has found its winning naval-inspired tattoo. Of the 170 tattoo submissions from World of Warships and World of…