During the six years that made up the Second World War, the Allied and Axis nations deployed an astonishing number of troops and…
Wanstone 15-inch gun -‘Jane’ Winnie – Pooh – Clem – Jane – Gladiator – Sceneshifter – Piecemaker After the Battle of Britain had…
The Panama Canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. The canal is 80 km long, connecting Panama City on the…
On March 14th, the Gary Sinise Foundation was thrilled to host our 26th Invincible Spirit Festival at Brooke Army Medical Center in San…
Following the successful wind tunnel tests of the Vought V-173 low-aspect ratio, flying wing aircraft in late 1941, the US Navy asked Vought to…
Loyce Edward Deen Petty Officer Second Class, U.S. Navy On 5 November 1944, Petty Officer Second Class Loyce Edward Deen was serving as…
Kempton Steam Museum , Feltham The benches in the centre of the picture indicate the scale Kempton Steam Museum is located north of Kempton…
The Mustang is the Jimmy Stewart of airplanes. Both are solid performers with dashing good looks, and few have a negative comment for…
Ghost ships are vessels found adrift at sea with its crew either dead or missing under mysterious circumstances. They appear in folklore and…
A model of the 17th century pirate ship, Whydah (Credit: Whydah Pirate Museum) The 1984 discovery of the Whydah Galley — the only…
Black Sam Bellamy & The Whydah Gally Black Sam Bellamy was the son of a poor tenant farmer in Devon, England. By the…
The California Gold Rush -An Excerpt from A California Gold Rush History, reprinted with permission, by Q. David Bowers. A much more detailed…