Massacre in Oradour-sur-Glane: The Day The SS Wiped Out An Entire French Village
On December 9, 2014, a German court in Cologne dropped the multiple charges of murder and accessory to murder against an 88-year-old man named Werner…
“Black Death” – Henry Johnson – America’s First World War Hero
Henry Johnson was a World War I soldier who singlehandedly beat back a German assault while critically wounded. He was a great American hero and…
John Glenn, Astronaut and Senator Flew 59 Combat Missions In WWII And Shot Down 3 Russian MiG-15s in Korea
John Glenn, born July 18th, 1921, is currently the oldest living former U.S. senator. Before his 25-year career in the Senate (1974-1999), however, he earned…
The Weapons They Carried: 10 WWII Infantry Weapons That Were Crucial to the Fight
Let’s take a look at the top 10 WWII Infantry Rifles of WWII, both Allied and Axis. M1 Garand The M1 Garand was the standard…
Two Soldiers Killed in WW2 Battle Identified And Returned Home After 74 years
In October of 2011, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was contacted by an Australian citizen in Papua New Guinea who drew their attention to possible…
10 Things You Never Knew About Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…
Pilot Killed In P-47 Crash In Hudson River, New York City – Thunderbolt Has Been Recovered
At around 7pm on Friday, May 27th, the vintage Republic P-47D Thunderbolt flown by Bill Gordon, 56, started experiencing engine trouble. Gordon broke away from…
Must-Know Facts About The Bolo Knife – History, Development And Use Of An Iconic Weapon
Imperial forces around the world, whether they came to the battle with muskets and cannons or machine guns and fighter planes, have come to fear…
John McCrae: Officer, Doctor, and Author of WWIs Most Famous Poem
More so than any other modern war and certainly more than any war fought before it, The First World War was the age of the “war…
The Evacuation of Dunkirk, The Evacuation That Saved The British Empire?
The events of May and early June 1940 were equal parts disaster and Miracle. For France, it was a complete disaster – a total military defeat by…
Kasserine Pass 1943: Rommel’s Last Victory?
In late January and throughout February 1943, American troops had their first major engagements with German forces in World War II in Tunisia. It really…
To Find A Lost WWII Buddy, Gene “Star Trek” Roddenberry Named A Villain After Him
Gene Roddenberry was a U.S. Army Air Force bomber pilot. He served in the Pacific from 1942 until 1945 when he was honorably discharged. He…