For almost three years, John Franklin's family wrote him letters, not knowing if he was dead or alive. After the private in the Australian Army became a Japanese prisoner of war during WWII, his family back home in Bowral, NSW, refused to give up hope that their beloved boy would come home. Now,

The fuselage of an iconic World War Two Lancaster bomber believed to be "lucky" has been returned to the Australian War Memorial (AWM). G for George is one of the memorial's most beloved and well-known exhibits and has been in storage for the past five years while the memorial underwent significan

By 1968, 12-year-old Lo Manh Hung (aka Jimmy) was already a seasoned photographer, following his photojournalist father into some of the Vietnam War's most dangerous situations. Their work documented the protracted and bloody conflict in their homeland for national and international news outlets.

Photo shows a female Chinese soldier competing in "Fortified Defense" event of the Sharp Blade 2025 International Sniper Competition on the afternoon of July 15, 2025. The Sharp Blade-2025 International Sniper Competition concluded on Saturday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur

The first tranche of a fleet of Aussie tanks, worth some $245m, have been delivered to Ukraine to help bolster the war-torn nation in its war against Russia. Australia is providing 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks – valued at $245m – to Ukraine to help bolster its war against Russia’s illegal invasion. The fi

Mowing your own lawn and volunteering regularly aren't things that most 96-year-olds can do, but Joseph Katancik isn't like most people. Katancik served in Vietnam, the Korean War and in WWII. Discover his amazing service story in the link below... https://idahonews.com/features/treasure-valley-s

The Siege of Masada (73 AD) - Last Stand of the Great Jewish Revolt • 73 The Romans breach the final defenses at Masada • 305 Roman Emperor Diocletian (284-305) retires to grow cabbages at Spoletum, while his partner Maximian (286-305) retires too, under protest • 1006 Supernova in Lupus • 10

Muhammad Ali Refuses Army Induction 1967 ABC NEWS • 1379 Battle of Marino: Pope Urban VI defeats Anti-Pope Clement VII • 1503 Battle of Cerignola: Gonzalvo de Cordoba routs the French • 1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office • 1655 English fleet under Blake def

• Anzac Day - Commemorating the Gallipoli Landings • 404 BC Athens surrenders to Sparta, ending the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) • 1283 Siege of Bere Castle: The English defeat the Welsh • 1464 War of the Roses - Battle of Hedgeley Moor: Marquess of Montague's Yorkists defeat the Duke of So

22nd April 1915: Chlorine gas attack marks start of the Second Battle of Ypres • 238 The Senate declares Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus Pius & Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus Roman Co-Emperors (Apr 22-July 29, 238) • 1073 Election of Pope Gregory VIII - Hildebrand (1073-1085), later canonize

Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian doctor and prisoner of war. The Narrow Road To The Deep North | Official Trailer | Sony Pictures Television

One of the most extraordinary groups of medals in British history has sold for £350,000 at a London auction today, July 24.  The “Operation Vulcan posthumous Victoria Cross group of five awarded to Lieutenant W. A. Sandys-Clarke, 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)” was sold by S

A still from Devils on Horses. Through historian interviews and re-enactments, the film conveys the powerful relationship between mounted riflemen and their horses in World War I, and the trauma of their parting. The bond between mounted riflemen and horses serving in World War I won’t be easily fo

There are signs that the J-35 has now entered limited series production, with carrier trials the likely next step. A new photo suggests that China’s Shenyang J-35, its next-generation carrier-based fighter, may now have entered limited series production and could possibly be in service with the P

On a lush north Queensland cattle property in April 1942, a strange shape emerging from the clouds caught a woman's eye as she hung up the washing. A mushroom-shaped cloth attached to a glittering figure was descending from the low-lying cloud cover, the parachutist's feet furiously steering away f

Eighty-two years ago, the world was convinced Louis Zamperini was dead. A death certificate was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt because there hadn't been news from the former Olympic athlete since his World War II bomber crashed into the Pacific performing a rescue mission. They say cats

SAS Iranian Embassy Siege Documentary Operation Nimrod • 37 Roman proconsul Lucius Vitellius (father of a later emperor) arranges a sacrifice to "the God of the Jews" at the Temple of Jerusalem. • 311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues an edict of toleration for Christians • 313 Battle of Tzirallum

Von Trapp at the Helm • 630 Shahrbaraz becomes Persian Emperor (killed, June 9. 630) • 1084 Robert the Weasel liberates Rome - and Pope Gregory VII - from Emperor Henry IV, amid the great slaughter • 1507 Genovese uprising against French occupation • 1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates "The Mos

• 1184 BC The Greeks take Troy [Trad] • 858 Election of Pope St. Nicholas I 'the Great' (858-867) • 1066 Comet Halley makes an appearance • 1288 Jews of Troyes, France, are accused of ritual murder • 1524 Hapsburg Imperial troops capture Milan from the French • 1547 Battle of Muhlberg: Impe

1809 Battle of Landshut • 753 BC Romulus founds a city, kills his brother, names it for himself, and reigns as king (753-717 BC) • 1097 Aquitainian Crusaders under Bishop Adhemar and Count Raymond reach Constantinople • 1503 Battle of Seminara: Gonzalvo de Cordoba's Spanish defeat the French in

A British SAS officer during World War II is captured and forced to fight in a Japanese internment camp. PRISONER OF WAR Official Trailer (2025) Scott Adkins, Action Movie HD

The National Museum of World War II Aviation, located in east Colorado Springs, routinely flies its restored aircraft, especially during the warmer summer months. But when the museum’s latest addition took to the skies last week, it was the culmination of a decades-long journey from the bottom of a

Ronald Jones was 17 when he enlisted in Australia’s part-time army after lying and adding a year to his age in 1941.  Ross Sayers was 20 when he also added a year to enlist in the Australian Imperial Forces, buoyed by the promise of adventure and seeing the world.  But both men ended up prisoners

A log book belonging to one of the two Kiwi pilots who shot down the first Japanese plane over Singapore during World War 2 has been gifted to the air force museum in Christchurch - complete with bullet or shrapnel damage. Sergeant Charlie Cronk’s log book and other possessions were sent back to hi

Three-hundred-and-thirty-five US paratroopers dropped into Charters Towers under the cover of night, exploiting allied night vision capabilities to launch a surprise operation designed to overwhelm any adversary.  They were not alone, German and French paratroopers jumped alongside them, taking par

A FA-18A Hornet, A21-022, is craned into the new Anzac Hall, scheduled to be completed in 2026. It is the first time the Hornet has been on permanent display at the Australian War Memorial. See the video in the link below... https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/timelapse-of-hornet-plane-being-insta

Hitler and Eva Braun's Disturbing Wedding • 89 BC Social War: Sulla captures Stabiae from the Italiotes • 58 BC Cicero sails into exile from Brindisium • 711 Tariq ibn Ziyad lands a Moorish army at Gibraltar for the Conquest of Visigothic Spain, initiating a war that ends in 1492 • 1091 Battl

• 1478 The Pazzi attempt to assassinate the Medici at mass • 1501 Cesare Borgia captures Faenza, besieged since Nov 7, 1500 • 1604 Battle of Blankenbergh: Spanish defeat the Dutch • 1607 English colonists land at Cape Henry, Va • 1654 The Spanish expel Jews from Brazil • 1655 The Dutch perm

Hearts of Oak - Raid on Zeebrugge 1918 • 1014 Battle of Clontarf: The Irish defeat the Danes • 1154 Damascus surrenders to Sultan Nur ad-Din of Aleppo • 1296 Battle of Spottismuir: Edward I & the Earl of Surrey defeat & depose John Balliol, King of Scotland • 1374 King Edward III grants Geoff

Top 100: #17 Schweiz - Deutschland 2:1, 20.4.1941, Freundschaftsspiel • 1042 Deposition, blinding, & castration of Byzantine Emperor Michael V (Dec 10, 1041-Apr 20, 1042), d. in a monastery, Aug 24, 1042 • 1283 Sicilian naval hero Roger de Lauria becomes Grand Admiral of Catalonia • 1505 Philb