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Japan needs its own foreign intelligence agency: gov't spokesman
12+ hour, 56+ min ago (250+ words) Japan needs its own foreign intelligence agency, the government's top spokesman said, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration seeks to ramp up the country's intelligence and counterespionage capabilities. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said in a speech at an event…...
Read local: 'Dead Man's Ridge: The bravery of American paratroopers at the Battle of the Bulge"
17+ hour, 23+ min ago (325+ words) Keene native Peter M. Hanrahan has released “Dead Man’s Ridge: The Bravery of American Paratroopers at the Battle of the Bulge,” published Aug. 4 by Stackpole Books. Now a resident of Topsham, Maine, Hanrahan based the book on a full-day interview conducted…...
During Battle of Britain it’s not true that ‘Hurricanes went for bombers and Spitfires for fighters.’ RAF Controller during BoB tells why.
17+ hour, 52+ min ago (279+ words) ‘The Spitfire has been moribund as a Home Defence fighter for two years and died when the Focke-Wulf 190 made an appearance.’ Whatever the truth of the matter, it is certainly the case that many would agree with the opinion that,…...
General Omar Bradley: American D-Day Commander
15+ hour, 33+ min ago (708+ words) TheCollector General Omar Bradley: American D-Day Commander Affectionately known as the “GI’s general” for his care of frontline troops, General Omar Bradley is best known for his effective leadership on D-Day. Storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day was a…...
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.
19+ hour, 53+ min 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....
French beach where D-Day troops landed used as mega dinghy launch pad
20+ hour, 10+ min ago (1780+ words) By ADAM POGRUND IN NORMANDY It's a remote stretch of Channel coastline which had a role in 20th century history so fabled that it still attracts groups of tourists daily. Utah Beach was one of the key battlefields for the tens…...
Billy Bishop – Canada's Greatest Ace and the Solo Dawn Raid | MiGFlug
1+ week, 3+ day ago (677+ words) by Philippe | 9 avril 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 comments He was brash, self-promoting, possibly embellished his own record — and remains Canada's greatest military hero, with 72 confirmed aerial victories and a Victoria Cross that has been debated for a century. Billy…...
De Havilland Venom: Switzerland Flew It Until 1983
22+ hour, 51+ min 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…...
How a young Powys farm worker saved an airman after 1951 crash
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (546+ words) The wreckage is surveyed in 1951. (Image: CT.) A young Llanidloes farm worker who had left the RAF only a week earlier became an unlikely hero when he pulled a stranded airman from a flooded river after a Wellington bomber crashed…...
The Convair XFY Pogo: Fighter That Took Off Standing Up | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
1+ week, 3+ day ago (729+ words) by Connor Kerr | 8. Mai 2026 | Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt | 0 comments Then he has to land it. By looking backwards over his shoulder. While the aircraft hovers vertically and falls, very slowly, towards the ground. Most pilots could not have done it....