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Fighting First Families — Meet the Relatives of WW2’s Most Famous Leaders
RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, son of the Britain’s legendary prime minister, could easily have opted out of dangerous wartime duty by using his top drawer family connections, but he didn’t. In fact the 28-year-old Churchill, would go on…
Whatever Happened To… ? — Seven Famous Military Leaders and What They Did Later in Life
“What about the other generals — those who covered themselves in glory on the battlefield only to disappear into obscurity in peacetime?” MANY OF HISTORY’S most celebrated military commanders achieved immortality by dying heroically in battle. Think: Horatio Nelson, James Wolfe, Stonewall Jackson and George Armstrong Custer….
Wanted: One Passenger – Canadian Warplane Museum To Sell Seat On Trans-Atlantic Lancaster Flight
As MHN reported in February, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM) will be flying its famous Avro Lancaster bomber all the way to the U.K. this summer. And now officials with the museum are…
Gooney Birds – 12 Experimental Aircraft That Were Too Weird for Use in WW2
“A number of these experimental aircraft featured designs so innovative and outlandish they call out for recognition even now, more than 70 years later.” MORE AIRPLANES rolled off assembly lines during World War Two than in any…
Hitler’s Holdouts – Meet the Last German Troops to Surrender in WW2
“Small pockets German troops refused to give up and in some cases fought on for days, even weeks, before finally calling it quits.” IT WAS JUST after 2:30 a.m. on May 7, 1945 when Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, commander of what…
The Fighting Anzacs – 14 Amazing Victoria Cross Winners From Down Under
“Ninety-Six Australians have received the British Empire and Commonwealth’s highest military award for valour. Another 20 have gone to New Zealanders.” ON APRIL 25, Australians and New Zealanders pause to remember all those who served in wartime….
