The Strange Looking Fw-189 The Flying Eye of the Luftwaffe in Pictures
In the years leading up to WWII, the Focke-Wulf Company was at the very forefront of German aircraft design. It produced cutting-edge technology which would…
Former Nazi SS Camp Guard, 94, Goes on Trial in Germany
Johann Rehbogen, a former enlisted SS soldier who is now accused of being an accessory to murder, has gone on trial. He was a guard at the…
The Iconic Luger versus the Iconic Colt 1911
At the end of the nineteenth century, pistol designers were looking at ways to improve on the revolver which was at that time the standard…
Filming of The Bridge at Remagen in Czechoslovakia Was Interrupted by the Soviet Invasion in 1968
From January 5 to August 21, 1968, a period of liberalization took place in Czechoslovakia called the Prague Spring. The first secretary of the Czechoslovak…
Unmanned Bombers, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? JFK’s Brother Lost his Life in One
By August 1944, a favorable end was in sight for the Allies, and efforts were being ramped up to gain a final, definitive advantage over…
Identical Twins & WW2 Veterans Celebrate 100th Birthday
A local Idaho news story on Fox6now recently shared the uplifting Veterans Day story of two exceptional twin brothers: Boyd and Ralph Henderson, who recently…
Steve McQueen’s Great Escape Motorbike Used to Herd Cows After Filming Finished
In 1963, The Great Escape was probably the most exciting film event in movie theatres across the UK and USA. The war epic beat Hitchcock’s…
Oldest Pearl Harbor Veteran, Ray Chavez, dies at 106
On Wednesday, a tweet from the White House alerted everyone to the death of the oldest survivor of Pearl Harbor, Ray Chavez. Chavez died in…
The Deadliest Single Days in War: You Will Surprised by Where & When
Psychologists, historians, philosophers, politicians, poets – all have tried to understand what seems at times to be a basic human need – not food, shelter,…
What Happened To Eichmann’s Sons? Where Are They Now?
The men behind the horrors of World War II were either caught, imprisoned and put on trial for their unspeakable crimes, or they took poison…
Some Big Failures & Strangest Looking Inventions of War
New technology, more powerful guns, over-active planners, and the demands of warfare often resulted in wild creations that resembled flights of fancy or Frankenstein experiments…
American Occupied England – Life in the D-Day Staging Zone
By the time the D-Day invasion was launched in June 1944, the south of England had spent months filled with soldiers preparing for war. The…