Levi Oakes honored as a Mohawk Code Talker in a Ceremony in Ottawa
In 2002, Nicholas Cage starred in Windtalkers as a soldier assigned to protect a Navajo soldier who used his native language as an unbreakable code.…
What the Allies Faced: Over 30 Photos of The German Opposition At Normandy
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and when that picture is taken during wartime, what it communicates is often tragedy,…
Japan Concerned by South Korea’s Move to Close Down WWII Sex Slave Foundation
In 2015 the governments of Japan and South Korea came to an agreement regarding the historic abuse of South Korean women by Japanese military forces…
Clever Comebacks Even Under Pressure: The Best Military Retorts Ever
A witty response or remark – also known as a “bon mot” in certain circles – takes a lot of spontaneous smarts to pull off.…
Deadly Legacy of US Bombing Campaign in Vietnam War
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War some eighty-million unexploded bombs and cluster munitions remain undiscovered beneath the soil in Laos. On Thanksgiving…
Shinzo Abe Becomes First Japanese Premier to Lay Wreath at Australia’s Darwin War Memorial
On November 16th, 2018, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid a wreath to commemorate the fallen at Darwin’s Cenotaph, some 70 years after the Battle…
Monopoli Blues Tells the Story of War Behind Enemy Lines in Italy
Like many veterans of World War II, Sir Robert Clark was reticent about his activities during the war. He left his academic studies at Cambridge…
Agent Orange: Its Effects Still Haunt Veterans & Their Children Today (fascinating images)
Agent Orange has long been known as the toxic substance used with too much abandon and not enough care by the U.S. Army during the…
Nazi Werewolves? The Secret Nazi Guerrilla Organization
It is said that “desperate times call for desperate measures,” and no one was more desperate than the members of the Third Reich in 1945…
Victoria Cross Hero: The Right Mix Of Brave & Crazy, The One Man Tank Destroyer at Arnhem
Any man willing to take control of aircraft nicknamed “flying coffins” during World War II had to be a little bit crazy as well as…
Abandoned B-29 Kee Bird, Frozen in Time For 50 Years, She Was Almost Rescued
On 20 February 1947, U.S. Air Force Lt. Vern H. Arnett and his eleven man crew took off on what was supposed to be a routine…
Book Details Crucial Role of the British SAS in Italy During WWII
Malcolm Tudor has a special interest in the events of the Second World War in Italy as his Italian mother’s grandparents helped many Allied airmen…