Medal of Honor Recipient Kyle Carpenter and the Men Who Jumped On Live Grenades Before Him
Despite what the movies might tell you, an exploding grenade doesn’t create a large fireball from which the receiving soldiers must jump into a body…
Watch: Panzerlied (Battle of the Bulge)
Panzerlied (Tankmen’s Song) was a Wehrmacht (German armed forces) song composed in 1933 by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle. It was adapted from a Navy song, using…
Pope Pius XII Ordered Death of Hitler during World War Two
It’s a little-known fact that during World War Two the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Pius XII ordered that Hitler was to be killed.…
World War Two Major General Deane-Drummond Escaped German Captivity THREE times!
Major General Tony Deane-Drummond died three years ago but his legacy lives on. Tony died at the age of 95 and was a World War…
Brand New Air Force Plane That Cost Millions to be Scrapped
Aircraft equipment is never cheap, and one of the Air Force’s brand new $115 million dollar planes will never fly again. Tragedy hit during its…
The Many Sieges of Constantinople Before The Ottoman’s Conquests
Constantinople was the jewel of the Byzantine Empire, the continuation of the fallen Western Roman Empire. The city grew quickly and gained walls worthy of…
Come & Sink us Then! Captain Sacrifices his Boat & Crew but Sinks the U-Boat. Was Awarded the VC
At the end of July 1918 the British Royal Navy vessel HMS Stock Force was under the command of Lieutenant Harold Auten of the Royal…
When A Poorly Equipped Indian Division With WWII Tanks Destroyed A Pakistani Armored Division With Patton Tanks
Pakistani Tank Graveyard Tensions between India and Pakistan have never fully gone away, but during the 1960s they were at their highest. It was in…
Top 5 Best Assault Rifles
An assault rifle has to meet a certain set of criteria. It must be select-fire and use an intermediate cartridge. In this video we explain…
Nazi Gold Train: ‘No evidence’ of Lost Train in Poland – But There Could Be A Tunnel
It turns out, as many of our readers have thought over the past few weeks that the train is not there. The sounds of disappointment…
Victoria Cross: Took on 20 Taliban fighters, dodged “raking” machine fire to rescue a stricken US Marine
For saving the life of a US Marine, Briton Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey became the first living soldier to win the Victoria Cross for his…
Last Soviet Red Army Soldier From St Petersburg to Storm the Nazi Reichstag has Died
The last member of the Soviet Red Army division that lived in St. Petersburg and stormed the German Reichstag in Berlin at the end of…