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When the Dutch Warship Abraham Crijnssen pretended to be an Island Argunners

Sometimes in life, the guy with the drunken, so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas hits one out of the park and saves the day. This is clearly what happened in 1942 aboard the HNLMS…

US Navy Announced a new LCS to be named USS Oakland Argunners

USS Oakland (CL-95) in San Francisco Bay, California, with the San Francisco waterfront in the background, 2 August 1943. (Credits: US Navy) The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has…

Commission Selects Finalists for World War I Memorial Project Argunners

Logo of the World War One Centennial Commission. An independent panel has selected five finalists to design a memorial to honor the World War I generation in the nation’s capital.…

Massive WWII fly-past marks 75 years since Battle of Britain's 'Hardest Day' Argunners

A mass fly-by was held at London's Biggin Hill Airport, Tuesday, to commemorate the 75-year anniversary of the Battle of Britain's "Hardest Day," when both the UK and Germany lost…

Stunning Normandy 1944 Photographs brought in Color Argunners

WWII History comes alive when following stunning black and white photographs from Operation Overlord, Normandy 1944, are colorized and depict the true colors of Happiness, Horror and Fatigue of the…

Corporal Wojtek: Bear that fought in WWII Argunners

Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear, was born in 1942 and initially sold by an Iranian boy to Irena Bokiewicz, a young Polish Refugee, after he found the bear cub in a…

Aftermath Footage of Berlin and Potsdam in 1945 Argunners

This video will show you a selection of unique HD footage that is partly unpublished. After World War 2 had ended in May 1945, almost all mayor cities of Germany were destroyed.…

WWII Plane Fleet Rotting in Abandoned Plane Graveyard Argunners

Nestled in one man’s back garden, in Newbury/ Ohio, is this collection of more than 30 military jets – salvaged by Walter Soplata over a 50-year period. He bought the planes…

15 more WWII Shipwrecks located in Skagerrak Argunners

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has located a total of 15 more World War II shipwrecks in Skagerrak after 20 wrecks were already discovered in the area in 2009. Shipwreck at…

5 Unsolved Mysteries of World War 2 Argunners

Listed are 5 unsolved mysteries or better said enduring riddles of World War 2. Even after 70 years of research, these still have not been solved and we might never…

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