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World wars, decolonization, Cold War, rights, and rapid technology shifts.
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Photos: Honouring 21 airmen killed south of Estevan in plane crash of 1946
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Second World War veteran celebrates 104th birthday
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (152+ words) CTV News Bill Snow along with dozens of his closest friends celebrated his 104th birthday at the Barrie Legion Snow served in the Canadian artillery during the Second World War âI was thinking a few people would come but nothing…...
Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf - Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino
23+ hour, 5+ min ago (587+ words) Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf – Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino Vintage Aviation News Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino, reviewed by Joe May, available on Amazon. Ermanno Martino is greatly esteemed as a naval historian, especially regarding the Imperial Japanese…...
History, Civil Rights, and a Good Time
1+ day, 36+ min ago (562+ words) Step back in time and take a “swift ride on the Soul Train” in celebration of the first Black labor union. The NAACP San Luis Obispo County Branch is partnering with the SLO Railroad Museum for “From Pullman to Soul…...
Dr. William Anderson, Physician and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 98
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (174+ words) Dr. William Anderson, the Georgia doctor and World War II veteran who stepped out of his office to lead a pivotal movement in the fight for civil rights, has died at 98. As a Black doctor in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, Anderson…...
Seaman First Class Calvin Graham Was 12 Years Old Aboard the 45,233-Ton Battleship USS South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Japanese Shellfire Killed 40 of Her Crew That Night.
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (267+ words) USS South Dakota lost electrical power, took repeated hits, and did not score. Twelve miles away, the USS Washington sank the Kirishima — the only one-on-one battleship kill of the American war....
Boulton Paul P.111: Britain's Yellow Peril Delta Jet
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (828+ words) by Connor Kerr | Sep 13, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments Britain came out of the Second World War with a captured German idea it did not fully understand. The delta wing promised high speed and a strong, light structure, and the…...
The German WWII Panzer VIII Maus Tannk Was Specified at 100 Tonnes, Redrawn at 120, and Came Out Near 190. Hitler Ordered 5 Before the Design Was Finished and Wanted 10 a Month. Germany Completed 2 Prototypes, and Neither Ever Fought.
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (547+ words) The Soviets found both Maus tank wrecks, took the good turret off one and the good hull off the other, and welded them into a single working tank. It is still on display....
The Soviet Bomber That Carried the Buran Shuttle on Its Back | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
1+ week, 3+ day ago (456+ words) by Connor Kerr | 28 mai 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 comments Basé sur: Myasishchev 3M (development of M-4 Molot / NATO "Bison") Premier vol: 29 April 1981 — with external cargo, 6 January 1982 Max external payload: 50 tonnes Total Baikonur missions: ~150 Remplacé par: Antonov An-225 Mriya (1988) Cellules survivantes:…...
De Havilland Venom: Switzerland Flew It Until 1983
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (903+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 13, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments In 1971 a Swiss fighter jet landed on a motorway. Not in an emergency — on purpose, as part of a doctrine that assumed Swiss airfields would be cratered within hours of a…...