US Air Force Names New Jet Fighter Trainer in Honor of Tuskegee Airmen
The US Air Force has announced that their new jet trainer will be designated the “T-7A Red Hawk.” This name is in honor of African-American…
Foul-Mouthed Couple Won’t Remove Third Reich Flag Flying Above Their House
A recent row in small town Australia has prompted calls for a change in the law regarding the rights of an individual to fly flags…
The very rare Nashorn Tankhunter is in attendance at Militracks 2020
Out of the ashes of despair now back into the limelight – The very rare Nashorn Tankhunter is in attendance at Militracks 2020 January 21st,…
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Made Honorary Group Captain In RAF
A legend of the heavy metal music genre, Bruce Dickinson of the band Iron Maiden, has been enrolled by the Royal Air Force into the…
New US Aircraft Carrier Named Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller
Doris Miller was the first black recipient of the Navy Cross and has inspired generations of African American sailors who have followed him into the…
The Liberation of Belgium
September 2019, people all over Belgium are celebrating the 75th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 75 years ago,…
Sam Mendes: A faulty Lighter Meant Having to Film a Whole New Sequence
When Sam Mendes was a little boy, he heard a story told by his Grandpa Alfred about his time in the trenches in World War…
Grumman TBF Revealed in Amazing Seabed Images
Seventy-seven years after it plunged into the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, the wreckage of a Grumman TBF Avenger has been revealed in fantastic…
Documents Show Japan Asked for One Sex Slave for Every 70 Soldiers in WW2
Kyodo News service reviewed 23 documents from WW2 which shed more light on the Japanese government’s involvement in obtaining “comfort women” during that war. “Comfort…
Poland to Recover Jewish Gravestones From WW2 Lake
Plans for Lake Rusałka in Poland began in 1939 and construction began in 1941. Construction took 16 months. During that time, this region of Poland…
American WWII Resistance Worker Dame Mary Barraco Dead at 96
Dame Mary Barraco moved to Renaix, Belgium with her mother when she was just seven years old. She was a good student and was studying…
French Couple Discovered WWII Cache of Weapons Hidden in Their Home
A couple who were remodeling their home in the Burgundy region of France in 2017 found an unexpected surprise in the walls, a cache of…