World War 2 | War History

The Hidden Side of Operation Dynamo – Soldiers Who Were Left Behind At Dunkirk

Ian Harvey

Most of the time, especially during big conflicts like the world war, historians tend to lean towards the success stories while some less successful tales…

A Tragic Accident Onboard The USS Oriskany Cost Many Lives – Without An Enemy Ship In Sight

On the morning of the 26th of October, 1966 the USS Oriskany was stationed 50 miles off the north coast of Vietnam. A group of Skyhawk…

Five Weapons Responsible For The Deaths Of The Soldiers Who Used Them

Throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries, military technology has advanced considerably. Along the way, that evolution has taken some disastrous turns, particularly several weapons which proved…

Becoming an Ace Plus Two in One Day, This American Pilot was Awarded the Medal of Honor

Over the course of a long war, there were many American flying Aces with a large number of them reaching into the double digit kills. …

Simo Häyhä Was The Deadliest Sniper in History; They Called Him ‘The White Death’

There have been many great snipers in history and who can take the title of the greatest is a topic of debate. However, if you…

Former US President, George Bush Senior, Was A Naval Aviator Who Was Once Almost Eaten By Cannibals

From George Washington through Theodore Roosevelt up to George W. Bush, many US Presidents were also army veterans. This trait is not to be neglected,…

Some of The Reasons Why Hitler Lost WWII

Adolf Hitler, a man who swept the Germans up to incredible victories, was also the main reason Germany ultimately lost the war. He refused to…

Mel Brooks, One of the Funniest Men Alive, Spent WWII Clearing Land Mines

War has produced many heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. There were also some extremely funny people who…

The WW2 Battle Of North Cape, And The Utter Destruction Of The German Battleship Scharnhorst

It was wholly dark. In the sea north of Tromsø in Norway, the great German battleship Scharnhorst was on a mission to sink an Allied…

The Marshalls-Gilberts Raids of 1942: America’s Pearl Harbor Payback

American President Franklin Roosevelt spoke words that would last for decades, for centuries when he decreed that December 7, 1941 would forever be a day…

While His Maniac Brother was Busy Killing Jews, Albert Göring Worked Tirelessly to Save Them

What would happen to your family should one of your siblings join a deadly political beast? If you were a member of the Göring family…

Resistance Without Hope In The Face Of Destruction – The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943

Life in a Ghetto was the unfortunate fate of many Jewish citizens during the Nazi Party’s reign over Germany and its many occupied territories. Crammed…