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The Real Fury: Patton’s Disastrous Hammelburg Raid to Free His Son-in-Law

In February 1943, the U.S. Army had its first major engagement with the forces of Nazi Germany, ending  with their disastrous defeat at Kasserine Pass…

These War Photographers Risked Their Lives To Document The Horrors Of War

Sarah Cooper

Since the invention of photography in the 1800’s, photographers have roamed battlefields and ventured into dangerous situations to capture explosions, devastation, and the many atrocities of…

Crossing the Rhine – In Pictures!

On March 24th 1945, near Xanten in Germany, the Rhine River was crossed in one of the biggest attacks launched in western-Europe. The attack consisted of…

Open Letter to a Nazi Mass Murderer

In 1944, Nazi troops surrounded the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and slaughtered all but seven villagers. Werner Christukat was one of those soldiers. He needs…

Battle of Nicopolis – The Failed Crusade Against The Ottomans

Twenty-five years after the slaughter at Chernomen in 1371, an epic battle took place. The army of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid the Thunderbolt routed the…

Outnumbered And With Taliban Overrunning The Base, Clinton Romesha Was Awarded MoH At The Battle Of Kamdesh

Jeff Edwards

The Battle of Kamdesh would be one of the costliest battles for the Americans of the entire Afghanistan conflict as it saw an American outpost…

10 Things You Should Know about Cathay Williams, America’s First Black Female Soldier

Cathay Williams was pressed into service in 1861 by the Union Army in Missouri, enlisted as a man in 1866, and served in the Indian…

Not a Battle But a Slaughter Secured The Ottoman Expansion On the Balkan Peninsula

It was in the beginning of a cold Autumn. The year was 1371. Near the village of Chernomen, two despots led their army against the…

50 Amazing Photos of the Operation Bagration, 22 June 1944

On the 22nd of June 1944,  Operation Bagration began. Three years after Operation Barbarossa, Russia was taking the fight to the Germans. The operation was…

Leonardo’s War Machines – Did The Italian Genius Deliberately Sabotage His Own Design?

Born in the Tuscan town of Vinci on the 15th of April, 1452, Leonardo  Da Vinci is perhaps best known as the painter of the…

Top 10 Things To See When Visiting The D-Day Beaches In Normandy

Normandy’s WW2 and D-Day museums are filled with a wealth of artefacts and information about the events of 1944. Some museums such as the American…

1904-5 The Russo-Japanese War: Japan Shatters Russia’s Navy and Global Perceptions

While Japan is today known as a leading nation in terms of technology, this was not the case in the late 19th and early 20th…