True Crimes Including Stealing Children for the Master Race
It’s hard to imagine there are war stories as bad as the Holocaust of World War II, or the internment of Japanese citizens in North…
How the Mayor of Vilnius Dealt With Cars Parked in the Cycle Lane
The 15 ton amphibious eight-wheeled military vehicle barely slowed as it crushed the luxury car. In a video released by the mayor’s office, a man…
Battle of Britain Hero Archie McInnes Takes to the Skies at 99
Flight Lieutenant Archie McInnes is one of the last surviving World War Two veterans of the Battle of Britain. He joined the RAF in 1938…
Da Vinci As Saboteur? Did The Artist Deliberately Design Bad Weapons?
It’s hard to imagine Leonardo Da Vinci as anything other than a brilliant painter and sculptor, scientist and humanist. He is the man who created…
Spy Planes Break the Mold With Their Remarkable Engineering
Enter the term “Dragon Lady” into Google, and more than two million hits pop up, most of which define it as a pejorative term for…
Sunken WWII Tanker is Ecological Time Bomb
The Franken was a German tanker that sank at the end of World War II. It was capable of carrying up to 11,000 tons of…
The “Forgotten War” That Has Never Ended
Has a country actually gone to war if it never publicly declared its intentions? Decidedly yes, if the Korean War is carefully examined. In 1950,…
The Failed Secret Mission to Convince Italy to Abandon the Nazis
Wars don’t just happen on enormous battlefields–they are also conducted in secret meetings, back door deals, and one-on-one in conference rooms. Sometimes the talks that…
Man Finds German WWII Bomber Buried on UK Beach
Chris Gleadell of Sheringham, UK, made a unique discovery when he nearly tripped over some metal parts sticking out of the sand of a Norfolk…
Did You Know World War I Dragged On Even After the Armistice Was Signed?
The end of the Great War wasn’t the slam dunk history books and popular culture imply. The Allies wanted more from Germany than mere defeat:…
Buried by Germans Now 82nd AB paratrooper to be buried in Pennsylvania
74 years ago, during World War II, a young American soldier named Willard “Bud” Jenkins was serving his country in the Netherlands when he was…
F-16 Pilot Sued the Studio For His Portrayal In Behind Enemy Lines Film
Many people dream of having their wartime heroics become the basis of a Hollywood movie, but as the Chinese proverb reminds us: be careful what…