The Last “Triple Nickel” Has Passed Away At Age 96
The last member of the all-black 555th Parachute Battalion recently passed away in Huntington Station, New York. Clarence Hylan Beavers was ninety-six years old. Beavers…
The Hidden Side of Operation Dynamo – Soldiers Who Were Left Behind At Dunkirk
Most of the time, especially during big conflicts like the world war, historians tend to lean towards the success stories while some less successful tales…
Vlad The Impaler: Loved to Impale Captured Soldiers – a Lot
Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Tepes was one of the greatest and more interesting figures from history. Vlad III was likely born in Sighisoara, Transylvania in…
Despicable French Historian Robbed The National Archives And Sold The Items On E-Bay
Nothing is more important to a historian than evidence. Pictures, documents, personal effects and military paraphernalia usually guarantee historical facts are authentic. The thought, then,…
Historian Finds Proof That Glenn Miller Was Not Killed by RAF Bombers
Glenn Miller, the popular big band leader from the United States, died when the plane he was in crashed over the English Channel in 1944…
This “Rosie The Riveter” Kept Going For 97 Years
“Rosie the Riveter” refers to women who worked in factories during WWII, replacing the men who had been drafted or had joined the military. Priscilla…
The Countess of Romanones, María Aline Griffith, “The Countess Spy” Dies” at 94
The Countess of Romanones, mother of three and grandmother of thirteen, María Aline Griffith, passed away in December of 2017. Normally, this would just be a byline…
How SS Commando Otto ‘Scarface’ Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel After WW2
German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home. The only…
Insanely Creepy Stories of The World Wars
Undoubtedly war is an ugly business, but at times war forces humans to cross the boundaries of humanity and come up with ideas that could put the…
American Liberator Of Gunskirchen Lager Concentration Camp Dies Aged 92
William John Jucksch died on November 28, 2017. He was 92 years old. Best known for accidentally discovering and then liberating a Nazi concentration camp…
Computer Pioneer Alan Turing Defeated The Nazi Enigma Code Machine But Was Considered A Security Risk
It has recently been disclosed that Alan Turing’s Bombe Machines, used to decipher German codes produced by the Enigma cipher machines during World War II,…
These Nebraska Twins Were Killed At Normandy – Now They Can Finally Be Together Again
Having twins can be a wonderful thing. They sometimes are identical and sometimes not. They are extremely close, and some even invent their own language…