Reunion of Giants – Avro Lancaster Bombers
It has been 50 years since two Avro Lancaster bombers flew side by side. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster, VeRA, flew from Hamilton, Ontario to meet her British…
The only surviving Horten Ho 229 at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
The Horten H.IX, RLM designation Ho 229, was a German prototype fighter/bomber designed by the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten and built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik late in World War II. It was the…
The Iron Grave: KO & Wrecked Panzers in Normandy 1944
“And if we are abandoned by treacherous luck, And if we don’t return home again, If death’s bullet finds us, and fate calls us away, yes, us away. Then our…
Women jailed for ‘inappropriate’ dancing next to WWII memorial
Three young women in southern Russia will serve up to 15 days in prison, on charges of hooliganism, after posting a video of themselves performing the hip-hop dance on YouTube,…
Greece threatens to seize German property, Berlin refuses to pay WWII reparations
Germany says it won’t pay Greece World War 2 reparations after Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said Berlin is using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation. Germany says it’s honored its…
Trailer: Russian WWII Sniper Movie “Battle for Sevastopol”
The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a…
Always wanted a Spitfire? Buy one for $1,995,000!
Only yesterday we posted that you can buy a seldom B-25 model “H” for just $950,000 but boys wont be boys if they weren’t asking for something cooler, faster and better…
Film shines a light on Canada’s role in Second World War Italian campaign
Looking over the history of the Second World War, we’re drawn to certain high polish marks, like Normandy, that dominate our attention. Outshone in the chronicles is the less lustrously…
Youngest Iron Cross Recipients of the Reich
Alfred Czech with his newly awarded EKII According to various sources, the youngest Recipient of the “Iron Cross 2nd Class” of the Third Reich, was 12 year old Alfred Czech.…
Weekly Korea Protests Keep Japanese WWII Atrocities Alive
Every week in Seoul protesters gather in front of the Japanese Embassy to demand an apology and reparations from Tokyo for the thousands of South Korean women who were forced…
