Today in Military History – September 24th
1925: France renegotiates its debt from WWI France tried to renegotiate its war debt of $4,000,000,000, citing that the French government could not pay without…
U-Boat Wreckage Found – Crew Claimed They Were Attacked by Sea Monster
All throughout naval history, there have tales of mysterious monsters and other such oddities reaching out from the watery abyss to claim ships and sailors…
The USS Arizona – 5 Facts You May Not Know and 30 Photos
Most people are familiar with the iconic ship and the amazing memorial to her in Pearl Harbor. Here are some things you may not know…
Great Fighters of WWII – Yak-3 and Yak-9 in Photos
The middle of World War II, called the Great Patriotic War in the USSR, was for the Soviet engineer Alexander Yakovlev one of his most…
B-24 Liberator in Action – Video and Photos
The B-24 was among the most useful aircraft in the hands of the American armed forces. It featured in every theater of World War II…
Today in Military History – September 23rd
1779: Captain John Paul Jones defeats British and Utters Now Famous Phrase During the Revolutionary War, the British man-of-war HMS Serapis clashed against the American…
Best Generals in the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleon Bonaparte is considered by many people to be the best military strategist of all time. However, he was not the only one who performed…
The Start of the BIG campaigns 73,000 Strong – Operation Torch in Photos
Operation Torch was a collaborative invasion of North Africa by British and American forces, which ran from the 8th to the 16th of November…
Machine-Gun Girl: Collaborator Executed 1500 People
On August 11, 1979 in the city of Bryansk, Antonina Makarova was sentenced to death. She became the first of three women given a death…
He charged punching with one hand, knife in the other: Last seen taking on 40 Koreans, none survived
It is easy to forget, when we look at images of masses of troops, or huge crews on ships, or pilots lined up with their…
Today in Military History – September 22nd
1862: President Abraham Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation Following the Union victory (draw) at Antietam (Sharpsburg), the President’s proclamation freed all slaves who were still…
America’s Best Sub Commander in the Pacific War
The Medal of Honor is often the pinnacle of an individuals’ path from modest and unassuming beginnings. In the case of WW2 submarine legend Eugene…