Italian Pigs – La Decima – Manned Torpedoes And Kamikaze Style Speedboat Attacks
Under the rule of Benito Mussolini, an Italian frogman unit called La Decima was created. This special unit consisted of men capable of the most…
Irena Sendlerowa Saved over 2,500 Jewish Kids From the Warsaw Ghetto, Smuggling Them Out in Suitcases or Medical Bags
During WWII, Irena Sendlerowa, a Catholic Polish social worker, saved 2,500 Jewish children from death. That’s more than Oscar Schindler managed with 1,200. Though recognized…
“A Nazi Guide to Christmas” Leaflet Found; Instructs Party Members How Christmas Should be Celebrated
Unearthed from an archive in the German city of Dresden is a leaflet with the printed title stating A Nazi Guide to Christmas. The said pamphlet lists a number of…
World War Two Unexploded Ordnance Found at the Bottom of Solent (Watch)
During World War II, the U-boat fleet, which dominated much of the battle of the Atlantic, was small at the beginning of the war and…
German Infantryman vs British Infantryman – Review by Phil Hodges
These titles confuse me sometimes. Not in an overpowering historical way but in a “are they necessary?” sort of way. The title sounds like a…
Incredible images Reveal PBY Catalina Wreck Lost In Attack On Pearl Harbor
At 7:55 on the morning of Sunday 7th December 1941, Japanese carrier-borne aircraft launched an unprovoked attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor,…
Santa’s Sleigh Flight Manual, It’s Finally Found!
Santa’s Sleigh Flight Manual is finally found back in a time-frozen Arctic lake! Have you heard of the tunnel locked Gold Train in Poland or…
One of the Funniest Men Alive, Mel Brooks Spent WWII Clearing Land Mines
The history of war is full of heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. And then, there are just…
Watch: Thompson Vs. MP40 Shootout
The American Thompson SMG and the German MP40 went against one another on both the Western and Eastern Fronts in World War II. The United…
When He Ran Out of Grenades He Started Throwing Empty Beer Bottles and Earned the Victoria Cross
War tends to favor those with initiative and ingenuity and for Victoria Cross recipient Bill Speakman, he would evidently possess both. Some might think when…
‘The Man Who Saved the World’ – The Russian Who Avoided WWIII
The notion that one man alone could somehow avert a universal catastrophe or could potentially save the world has lost its age-old value with the…
10 Things You May Not Know About the American Civil War
The American Civil War was fought from April 12th, 1861 to May 9th, 1865 between the Confederate States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina,…