8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (790+ words) It takes several minutes to walk the full length of the former secret Soviet industrial plant. For the first decade and a half of the Cold War this long, imposing building was known simply as postbox number 22 and did not…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (496+ words) by Connor Kerr | Jul 17, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments Everyone knows the Lockheed A-12 and its famous descendant, the SR-71 Blackbird — the black, Mach-3 spy planes that outran every missile ever fired at them. Almost nobody remembers the aircraft that nearly…...

21+ hour, 23+ min ago   (216+ words) A Mission For Tourists | The Wall Street Journal - newspaper Magzter The waiter handed out menus rich with options, but as each guest ordered the man repeated, “nyet.” None of the listed dishes were available Only by asking what…...

20+ hour, 14+ min ago   (486+ words) Caesar's 23 words about pain and the case for Alesia as his greatest victory — the double siege, the battle in both directions, and the courage that won it....

17+ hour, 23+ min ago   (180+ words) At first glance, you might think the Henschel Hs 129 was the perfect ground-attack airplane. Twin engines. A heavily-armored cockpit that protected the pilot from small-arms fire. The aircraft even eventually had the heaviest and most powerful forward-firing cannon ever fitted…...

21+ hour, 29+ min ago   (685+ words) Patton's 48-hour promise at Verdun, December 19, 1944 — the laughter, the pre-planned code words, and the delivery that reached Bastogne on schedule....

23+ hour, 52+ min ago   (818+ words) Dr. Norman A. Bailey passed away after a long illness on August 18 in Greensboro, NC. He was 95. A distinguished public servant and teacher, Bailey played a leading role in the Reagan administration’s strategy to defeat the Soviet Union in the Cold…...

22+ hour, 57+ min ago   (153+ words) During WW11, 31 people including two children, died during three bombing raids in New Milton and so every year local people come together to remember. An Act of Remembrance was held on 23 August, the anniversary of the first bombing raid on 23 August…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (169+ words) inkorr.com World War II-Era Munitions Cache Destroyed by Deminers in Lviv Region Hazardous Munitions Removed in Lviv Region Ordnance disposal specialists from the Mobile Rapid Response Rescue Center 'Lviv' of Ukraine's State Emergency Service have recovered and destroyed a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (460+ words) di Tamika Johnson | 12 agosto 2026 | Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare | 0 commenti On 3 July 1950, barely a week into the Korean War, Lieutenant JG Leonard Plog rolled his straight-winged jet onto the tail of a propeller-driven Yak-9 and squeezed the trigger. It was…...