This American comedy legend defused land mines in World War II Argunners
Long before he was making everyone laugh with classic films like “Blazing Saddles” and “Spaceballs,” comedy legend Mel Brooks was defusing land mines in World War II. After graduating high school in 1944,…
German WWII Bunker uncovered after 70 years in France Argunners
A German bunker that was built in 1943 has recently been uncovered in Arcachon Basin, Gironde in France by the Archaeological Research Group for the Atlantic Wall: Arcachon Sector (Gramasa).…
WWII Torpedo Boat MTB219 ready to be launched Argunners
MTB219 ready to be launched! On Saturday the 31st of January 2015 our 70ft Second World War Motor Torpedo Boat MTB219 will travel through Bridgwater on her way to be launched…
French WWI soldier his room unchanged 96 years after KIA Argunners
Hubert Rochereau’s room in a house in Bélâbre, France. (Photograph: Bruno Mascle/ Photoshot) The name of dragoons officer Hubert Rochereau is commemorated on a war memorial in Bélâbre, his native…
Seldom interior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Argunners
Seldom interior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma (Page 3) Battleship Roma ('Corazzata Roma') was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four…
Seldom exterior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Argunners
Seldom exterior images of Italy's WWII Battleship Roma Battleship Roma ('Corazzata Roma') was the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She was laid down almost four years after the…
70 years ago, a B-25 crashed into Empire State Building Argunners
On Saturday, July 28, 1945, 27-year old Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr. was piloting a B-25 "Mitchell" bomber on a routine personnel transport mission from Boston to Newark Airport. Lt.…
WATCH: German U-Boat U-505 at Museum of Science and Industry Argunners
Watch a video 'walkthrough' from the World War 2-era German Submarine U-505 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Thanks to user Joebot2003. August 25th, 2015…
Angel of Bastogne, Augusta Chiwy, has passed away Argunners
Augusta Chiwy (Credits: U.S. Embassy of Belgium) Lady Augusta Chiwy, known as the 'Angel of Bastogne', has sadly passed away this Sunday August 23, 2015 at the age of 94. Chiwy…
USS Missouri – The World's Largest LEGO WWII Battleship Argunners
In the video you'll see how Joshua Hanlon, of BrickPodcast.com, is talking with Daniel 'Dan' Siskind, who is the owner of the Minneapolis-based Brickmania, on his LEGO WWII Battleship "USS Missouri", which is…
