The Fighting Filipinos: Give me ten thousand Filipinos and I shall conquer the world – MacArthur
Did the Japanese really conquer the Philippines? Well, they certainly beat the American and Philippine professional forces and toppled the government. But by the time…
Was It Really A War Crime – Thousands of Germans Died in American POW Camps In 1945
For all but fringe debaters on the subject, the book is closed. The horror and death caused by maltreatment or murder in German, Japanese and…
They Shot Each Other Down Then Depended On Each Other For Survival In The Norwegian Wilderness
Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…
The Real Fury: Patton’s Disastrous 1945 Raid to Rescue His Son-in-Law
In February 1943, the U.S. Army had its first major engagement with the forces of Nazi Germany, ending with their disastrous defeat at the Kasserine…
Charles Whittlesey, the Commander of the Lost Battalion
Colonel Charles White Whittlesey earned his fame when he was a major in World War I with the American Expeditionary Force. He led a battalion…
Operations Anger and Cannonshot, Missions Of Liberation In The Netherlands
In early Spring of 1945, the Western Allies prepared to cross the Rhine, invading Germany and the areas still under the control of the Third…
The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s Secret Invisibility Research Program
What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity?…
Sinking the Tirpitz, Sister to the Bismarck and the Heaviest European Battleship Ever
The story of the World War II German battleship Bismarck is legendary. The massive warship was destroyed by British ships and planes and then scuttled…
Saint Nazaire Raid: Massive Intel, Courage, Sacrifice and Big Explosions
A little after 1:20 AM on March 28th, 1942, searchlights on both sides of the Loire Estuary flooded the waterway to reveal the convoy. Twelve…
After the Nuremberg Trials, Spandau Prison Was Dedicated To Holding 7 Nazi War Criminals
In the borough of Spandau on Berlin’s west side, there sits a shopping complex on Wilhelmstraße that was once a shopping and leisure fixture for…
Britain’s Bomber Balloon Attacks Against Nazi Germany
Between 1942 and 1944, the British Royal Air Force and Royal Navy frequently got to bickering over a certain issue. It was, oddly enough, to…
The First Allied Soldier Killed By Enemy Fire on D-Day – Lieutenant Den Brotheridge At Pegasus Bridge
Lieutenant Herbert Denham “Den” Brotheridge, Commander of 25 Platoon, D Company, 2nd Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry holds an honored place in…