So those wacky Brits decided to put up a statue to the inventor of the bouncing bomb used by the Dam Buster Raid, a high risk attack in the Second World War to take out a dam providing power and support for the canal system. Sounds good until you read the plaque, which is dedicated [...]
August 2nd: Today in 1943 the Motor Torpedo Boat 109 commanded by a young John F. Kennedy was cut in half by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri. Two of the crew died in the collision but the crew found their way to an uninhabited island and were found and rescued. Overall a pretty insignifigant incident in [...]
An unusual auction is coming up of World War Two memorabilia that includes a prosthetic leg worn by Douglas Bader, one of the true heroes of the Second World War. Bader lost both legs in a plane crash before the war commenting ‘Crashed slow-rolling near ground. Bad show.‘ in his log but he kept fighting [...]