The Misfit Who, On His First Mission, Became the First Enlisted Airman To Receive a Medal of Honor
Maynard Harrison “Snuffy” Smith was such a screw-up, he joined the US Army to avoid jail. He earned the nickname, “Snuffy Smith,” because no one…
Untold Story of British Marines’ Heroism on the Eve of Falklands War
More often than not history repeats itself in a variety of different fashions as it did for British forces in a very short and less…
Top 10 Horribly Inaccurate War Movies
The majority of the people do not directly take part in the wars going around the world. Therefore, it is very significant that the people…
The Mystery of the Wellington Crash in 1941 Eventually Solved
There is no scarcity of lost and found stories of the last moments of thousands of Allied and German soldiers during the Second World War.…
Plane that went Down During Pearl Harbor Photographed for First Time
A plane from the Oahu Air Army Force Base, which was attacked by the Japanese minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,…
British Intelligence Eavesdropping on Captured German Generals Proved to be a Turning Point in War
German prisoners believed they were living in luxury the way the British officers were treating them. The prisoners were held in large, well-kept homes where…
What the Japanese Did To The Chinese Who Helped The Doolittle Raid Airmen…
During World War II 80 volunteer raiders bombed a Japanese city in revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was April 18, 1942, and,…
Abandoned Submarines
Submarines, the hunter killer ships we all know from the first and second world war. Or the missile submarines that hide in the deep oceans,…
Fort Drum, the unsinkable concrete ‘battleship’ of Manila Bay
Anyone who pays a visit to Manila Bay will not easily forget the enchanting sight of the ruined concrete fort that looks as if it…
1945 Zeros Attack B-29 Formation over the Fujiama
1945. Zero fighters’ desperate attack on a B-29 formation excorted by P-51 Mustangs. US raw 16mm color footage from Japan. https://youtu.be/DC8bDCfZ_Cc
Little Girl who Acted in Schindler’s List Completely Traumatized after Watching the Film
While Schindler’s List proved to be one of the most iconic movies depicting World War II, many viewers do not know that making it was…
United States Government Releases Documents Regarding the Cold War and its Fighting Tactics
Just recently, the National Security Archive released some of the United States’ documents on the Cold War Nuclear Target List. Generally, information such as this…