19th Century The Incredibly Massive Punt Gun Caused a Dramatic Depletion of Ducksthevintagenews.com - Sylvain Batut The punt gun is so big it doesn’t even look real. Like something out of a fantasy movie. But it was a product of its time and place. North America in …
Queen Emma of Normandy’s Remains Found in Royal Chest at Winchester Cathedralthevintagenews.com - Nancy Bilyeau Queen Emma was one of the most important Medieval personages and her remains have been discovered in Winchester Cathedral. Researchers investigating …
Nashorn Restoration Update – Help From The Weald Foundationwarhistoryonline.com - Jack Knight A few weeks ago disaster struck the Nashorn Restoration Project, the team had devoted their free time and a lot of money to their beloved project …
A Surreal Moment from Happy Days Gave us the Phrase “Jumping the Shark”thevintagenews.com - Matthew Gaskill What is the correlation between the TV show Happy Days and the popular expression “Jumping the Shark”? Happy Days premiered on television on January …
Antiques Collector Bought Cheap “Fake” Picasso – Now Learns it could be Authenticthevintagenews.com - Nancy Bilyeau An extraordinary Pablo Picasso auction is about to take place. When Philip Stapleton, an antiques collector from Crawley, West Sussex, bought a …
3 Sacred Items are used in Japanese Coronations Even the Emperor has Never Seenthevintagenews.com - Ian Harvey Japan and the Japanese coronation ceremony has an ancient civilization and ancient rites that dates back thousands of years. On April 30th, a new …
The Largest Tsunami in Recorded History was Unimaginably Bigthevintagenews.com - Ian Harvey To date, the largest tsunami on record was on July 10, 1958 when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake from the Fairweather fault in southeast Alaska hit, …
Sword in the Stone in Tuscany Proven Real and Likely Inspiration for Excaliburthevintagenews.com - Nancy Bilyeau The sword trapped in stone, only to be freed by the forceful grip of a future king, is an essential part of the King Arthur mythology. The question …
Robots: Armed, Boats & Drones Could Render The Tank Obsoletewarhistoryonline.com - George Winston Robots on the battlefield – in April 2019, for the first time, armed robotic vehicles were part of a British Royal Marines war game assault.The war …
Philippines Threaten War with Canada over Trash It’s No Jokewarhistoryonline.com - George Winston Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, has threatened a war against Canada. At the core of the diplomatic tension is trash. Over 100 …
You can now Charter the “Floating Palace” Yacht of Aristotle Onassisthevintagenews.com - Nancy Bilyeau It is now possible to charter the luxurious yacht of Aristotle Onassis. Greek shipping magnate Onassis and his wife, former First Lady Jacqueline …
Indian History Many Believe this UK Crown Jewel Diamond was a Gift – The Truth is Much Differentthevintagenews.com - Khadija Younas One of the largest cut diamonds on the planet, the Koh-i-Noor diamond, also known as the Kohinoor or Koh-i-Nur, weighs in at 105.6 carats and is one …
Grave Hunter Brings 70 Finnish War Dead Home From Russia For Burialwarhistoryonline.com - George Winston The egregious death toll of soldiers who lost their lives during the Second World War is staggering; millions of men in the Allied Forces died in …
Panther Roars Into Action Ready for Militrack 2019warhistoryonline.com - Jack Knight The engine grinds into action followed by a mixture of white and black exhaust fumes that burst from the rear of the Panther tank. Slowly, it drives …
Alex Kershaw’s Latest Book, ‘The First Wave’ Available Todaywarhistoryonline.com - Alex Kershaw What was it like to land on D-Day in the deadliest place? Over many years, I’ve read a fair few accounts of the hell that was Omaha Beach, where more …
Doris Day Doris Day, Hollywood Actress & Singer, Dies Aged 97thevintagenews.com - Nancy Bilyeau Doris Day, one of Hollywood’s most beloved stars since the early 1960s, has died at the age of 97. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed that Day …
The Time 30,000 People Perished in a War Because of an Ear!warhistoryonline.com - Billy Moncure Despite the so-called Peace of Utrecht at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, Britain and Spain frequently found themselves in conflict …
150,000 Men, 900 Ships: Excavation Reveals Size of Antony & Cleopatra’s Fleetwarhistoryonline.com - George Winston In the years that followed, Antony was busy – he defeated the assassins who had despatched Caesar and later struck up a romance with the queen of …
As Australian As Mascots Get: Kangaroos In WWI & WWIIwarhistoryonline.com - Jay Hemmings Other uniquely Australian animals and birds were smuggled by troops to the Egyptian and other First World War fronts, such as wallabies, kookaburras, …
Heinrich Himmler’s Descendant who Defied her Family’s Nazi Legacywarhistoryonline.com - Christian Oord “The family considered him the nice uncle,” said Katrin Himmler during an interview with the Neu Westfälischer newspaper in 2010.She shares a surname …
Jewish Avengers Post WWII: Revenge for the Holocaustwarhistoryonline.com - Ruslan Budnik Many Jews who survived the Holocaust went to the “Holy Land” (Israel and Palestine) to start a new life after the war.However, there were those who …
We Band of Brothers: The Humble Heroism of Richard Winters and Easy Companywarhistoryonline.com - George Winston With only a single American life lost, Easy Company destroyed the German companies, taking out 50, wounding 100, and capturing another 11.The 2011 …
George H. W. Bush: Shot Down by the Japanese in WWIIwarhistoryonline.com - Jurgen Shperdhea He then parachuted out of the burning plane, hitting the tail with his forehead and tearing parts of his parachute. Among all the positions and …
The Celebrities who Fought for Their Country During WWIIwarhistoryonline.com - Claudia Mendes Celebrities and war only seem to come together in the movies these days. However, after the outbreak of WWII, things were different.Both average …
Living The Nightmare: A Virtual Tour Of Life On The Battlefieldwarhistoryonline.com - George Winston It’s not possible to imagine the sights, sounds, and smells of war. Unless you’ve been there, you don’t know what it’s like to be knee-deep in the …
U-96 & The Incredible Tale Behind the Movie Das Bootwarhistoryonline.com - Christian Oord “We all wanted the boat to be successful and to sink as much as possible, regardless of our losses,” The myth of U-96 lives on to this day. Only a …
Vietnam War Pilot Received MOH 5 Decades Laterwarhistoryonline.com - Eileen Farrelly He led a group of six helicopters into the fighting zone. The battle was still going on and the area was subject to heavy fire.It could be said that …
A Heil Of A Laugh: Jokes And Humor In The Third Reichwarhistoryonline.com - Jay Hemmings Sometimes, in the worst of situations, all you can do is laugh. Humor and laughter are two things that are central to being human.Even in the most …
The Search for Singh: The Hidden Message in Star Trekwarhistoryonline.com - Steve MacGregor By 1963, Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was writing screenplays for one of NBC’s most successful shows – The Lieutenant – which told the story of a group …
A Sailor’s Life in Lord Nelson’s Navywarhistoryonline.com - Joseph Williams The overwhelming danger to British seamen was not enemy action (this accounts for only 6.3% of those who perished at sea), but rather disease and …
