Stalingrad

Virginia, (Sputnik) - A World War II prop fighter airplane with a colourful "Flying Tigers" paint scheme, an insignia of US volunteer pilots who fought the Japanese in the Pacific, taxies at a Virginia airfield. During its brief first life, the P-40 Kittyhawk had red stars on its wings while…

Danielle Dalledonne/Wikicommons Florian Schneider, a keyboardist and co-founder of the German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk, has died after a short battle with cancer, a representative for the band told TheWrap. He was 73. “Kraftwerk co-founder and electro pioneer Ralf Hütter has sent us the very sad news that his friend…

John Ericson, a star of Hollywood’s Golden Age who appeared in multiple MGM films and in the 1960s TV show “Honey West,” died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, of pneumonia on Sunday. He was 93. Born Joseph Meibes in Dusseldorf, Germany, Ericson emigrated with his family to the United States…

Irrfan Khan, the Indian actor who increased his fame beyond Bollywood with his roles in English-language hits such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Life of Pi,” died Wednesday in Mumbai at age 53. “It’s saddening that this day, we have to bring forward the news of him passing away,” his PR…

Here's What You Need To Remember: The battle prevented parts of India from falling into Japanese hands and led to a pushback of Japanese forces in China and Burma, likely shortening the war. Independent India’s course was influenced by it becoming independent under a civilian government to whom power was…

Key point: These tank destroyers were powerful, but also expensive and prone to breakdown. They mattered, but not enough to win the war. World War II tanks usually had aggressive- or ferocious-sounding names, such as Hellcat, Panther, or Tiger. Yet the tendency was not universal, as with British Cruisers or the…

COMPANY OF HEROES A real-time strategy (RTS) game set in World War II, Company of Heroes brings to life -- in full cinematic detail -- the greatest war mankind has ever known. Gamers will experience the journey of the brave men of Able Company in a deep single-player campaign that…

The Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) announced on Wednesday that television producer Joel Rogosin, died Tuesday from coronavirus at the organization’s nursing facility in Woodland Hills. Rogosin was 87 years old. Rogosin is the fifth person to die from COVID-19 complications at Woodland Hills nursing home. Joel’s first job…

Shirley Knight in 1962 (MGM/Getty Images) Actress Shirley Knight, star of “Sweet Bird of Youth,” and “As Good As It Gets” has died, her daughter actress Kaitlin Hopkins announced in a facebook post. She was 83. Knight received two Oscar nominations for her work in her third and fourth films,…

By Sihle Mavuso Apr 19, 2020UPDATED: With his next Pietermaritzburg High Court appearance looming on May 6 and running out of legal options to quash his arms deal corruption charges, former President Jacob Zuma has announced a surprise change to his legal team. In the announcement made on Sunday through…