Here's Eisenhower's Initial Report On The D-Day Invasion
Several hours into the D-Day invasion, General Eisenhower sent a cable about the apparent success of the operation back to the War Department in Washington. At the time, Eisenhower had scant details of...
View Article93-Year-Old D-Day Vet Commemorates The Invasion's 70th Anniversary By...
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing, 93-year-old veteran Jim "Pee Wee" Martin parachuted down onto Utah Beach in a recreation of the same jump he took 70 years ago, Jim Bittermann...
View ArticleAn 89-Year-Old British Veteran Escaped His Nursing Home To Attend D-Day...
An 89-year-old Second World War veteran told he could not attend today’s D-Day events in France went AWOL from his care home and was found 12 hours later in Normandy with comrades police have...
View ArticleTaliban Commander Released From Gitmo Has Already Vowed To Continue Fighting...
Noorullah Noori, one of the five senior Taliban leaders recently released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, has already vowed to continue fighting Americans, according to an NBC News...
View ArticleUkrainian Separatists Are Sending A World War II-Era Soviet Tank Into Battle
Pro-Russian separatists in the Ukrainian village of Konstantynovka have managed to fix up a World War II-era tank at a war memorial and send it into combat, according to the Russian news agency...
View ArticleSNOWDEN: Here's Everything We've Learned In One Year Of Unprecedented...
Just one year ago, The Guardian reported the first leak based on top-secret documents that then-29-year-old Edward Snowden stole from the National Security Agency (NSA). At the time, Snowden worked as...
View ArticleSword-Wielding Sikhs Clash At India's Golden Temple
Sikhs wielding swords clashed inside the compound of their religion's holiest shrine on Friday, the 30th anniversary of a controversial raid by Indian security forces that flushed out separatist...
View ArticlePoland Just Finished Building An Aircraft Landing Strip In The Middle Of A...
There are several highway landing strips in Poland. A new one was just established near the border with Ukraine.According to TVN24, one of the most influential Polish TV stations, a part of A4 Highway...
View ArticlePro-Russian Rebels Shoot Down A Ukrainian Surveillance Jet [VIDEO]
On June 6, a Ukrainian Air Force AN-30 believed to be carrying out surveillance missions against pro-Russian separatists was hit and downed by a man-portable air defense system (or MANPADS) over...
View ArticleSouth Korea Is Giving The Philippine Navy A Free Ship As Tensions Rise With...
South Korea will donate a corvette warship to the poorly-equipped Philippine navy amid growing tensions -- particularly with China -- over maritime territorial disputes in the region, the government...
View ArticleThink Tank Says US Must Do More To Support The Defense Industry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military and its main suppliers must globalize and adopt more commercial practices to stay competitive, according to a report released this week."We're at another...
View ArticleThe Scandal Surrounding Bergdahl Might Cost Him $200K In Back Pay
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl may be due close to $200,000 in back pay and allowances for the five years he spent as a captive of the Taliban, but whether or not the newly released soldier will be getting any of...
View ArticleHere's What Will Happen To The 5 Taliban Prisoners Released In Bergdahl Swap
The story of Bowe Bergdahl, the American prisoner of war freed in a White House-brokered exchange for five Taliban leaders, has drawn intense attention in the United States, where the media have...
View ArticleRising Sea Levels Are Exposing Bodies Of Buried WWII Soldiers
During United Nations-sponsored climate change talks in Germany, the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands said 26 skeletons of World War II soldiers washed up after their graves were exposed by...
View ArticleMinehunting With Radar And Rats
During a morning operation against the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province in 2010, a British army contingent halted before a narrow pass reckoned to be mined with improvised explosive devices...
View ArticleEast Ukraine Rebels Will Continue Fighting Despite Ukraine's Newly Elected...
Pro-Russian separatists poured scorn on peace overtures from Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko on Saturday as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country.Taking the oath of office in Kiev,...
View ArticleHere's Everything We Know So Far About The Disappearance Of Bowe Bergdahl
Bowe Bergdahl stands, hands at his sides, his loose-fitting Pashtun smock and pants bright white against the rocky landscape. The hillsides are dotted with armed Afghans, rifles ready.A Black Hawk...
View ArticleTop Marine In Charge Of The Marine Corps' Boot Camp Accused Of Assaulting A...
The top enlisted leader at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island was arrested on Friday after getting into an altercation with a former Marine drill instructor leading a protest outside the base,...
View ArticleGoogle Buried A Clever Jab At The NSA Inside Its New Encryption Tool
The big tech companies are fighting back against government spying— with legal challenges, advanced encryption, and software updates — and in the case of Google, that also includes a message buried...
View ArticleMilitaries Know The Arctic Is Melting — Here's How They're Taking Advantage
The new Wild WestThe Arctic, long considered an almost worthless backwater, is primed to become one of the most important regions in the world as its ice melts over the next few decades.Unlike every...
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