Steve McQueen’s Great Escape Motorbike Used to Herd Cows After Filming Finished
In 1963, The Great Escape was probably the most exciting film event in movie theatres across the UK and USA. The war epic beat Hitchcock’s…
Oldest Pearl Harbor Veteran, Ray Chavez, dies at 106
On Wednesday, a tweet from the White House alerted everyone to the death of the oldest survivor of Pearl Harbor, Ray Chavez. Chavez died in…
What Happened To Eichmann’s Sons? Where Are They Now?
The men behind the horrors of World War II were either caught, imprisoned and put on trial for their unspeakable crimes, or they took poison…
Dietrich von Saucken: The German General Who Told the Führer, ‘I Will Not Take Orders from a Local Chieftain’
Any school teacher or parent will give the same advice to a child who is being harassed by a bully: stand up to him and…
Churchill’s Account of Lord Mountbatten Nearly Shooting an Air Chief Marshal
A previously unpublished draft of a letter written by Winston Churchill was unearthed from the estate of the late Commodore Gordon Allen and is now…
Declassified Files: “My Grandfather did not have to play James Bond, he was James Bond”
In 2014, the relaxation of the British Official Secrets Act allowed a family that had always been curious about their grandfather’s wartime service to find…
The Mines At Messines: The Biggest Explosions of the Pre-Nuclear Era
Mankind never seems to tire of finding new and inventive ways of killing one another during wartime. Not long ago, soldiers were restricted by the…
Life Inside A Submarine: This Museum Offers A Glimpse Of Life Under The Sea
Museums are wonderful places to explore. In these institutions, we can learn about other cultures and other times. Usually, they are made of brick and…
Hitler’s Commando, Otto Skorzeny Worked for Mossad After WW2
It’s been claimed in a report published by Israel’s Ha’aretz newspaper, that Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny, the former SS officer described by American intelligence as…
Johnny Depp to Play War Photographer W. Eugene Smith
Hollywood icon, Johnny Depp, is set to star in a new biopic centered on the life of war photographer, W. Eugene Smith. Depp’s production company,…
In German Markings a WW2 Plane Lands on the US 101 – Pilot Managed to Walk Away
On Tuesday, the 23rd of October 2018, motorists traveling on the US 101 freeway in Agoura Hills, CA saw a lot more than motor vehicles…
Battle Strategies and Retreats
There are no rules to war. There are no guarantees and no certainties. Usually, when one force breaks and runs, it signals the end of…