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The Sweater That Survived The Holocaust

For many people, the Holocaust evokes images of trains, masses of people often sick and starving, and gas chambers used for mass executions. For one…

Soviet Jew with Nazi Name Awarded Medal for Courage in WWII

The name of the leader of the Third Reich became a household name. It is associated with numerous crimes against humanity. However, few people know…

31 US Presidents Have Served In the Military

Military portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower + Military portrait of Jimmy Carter + Military portrait of George Washington

Well over 50 percent of the men who’ve served as president of the United States have also seen service in the military – in war,…

17 Women to 1 Man – Generations of War May Explain Ancient Mystery

Several millennia ago men were in an unusual position.  According to recent studies, genetic diversity–specifically the diversity of the Y-chromosome–virtually collapsed over the course of…

Fast Battleships of WWII: South Dakota Class in Photos

During the late 1930s, as the world drew closer to the Second World War, the General Board of the United States Navy met to discuss…

Rommel Defeats the Free French: Battle of Bir Hakeim

In 1942, the army of the Free French lost the Battle of Bir Hakeim against Rommel in the North African desert. However, in war, sometimes…

Argentine Air Force Pilots in the Falklands

In May and June 1982, a group of Argentine pilots in 20-year-old A-4B Skyhawk attack aircraft seriously troubled the British forces in the Falkland Islands…

Butcher Cumberland & the Last Highland Charge – Battle of Culloden

The Jacobite uprising emerged with the purpose of returning James II of England and VII of Scotland to the throne. From 1688 the Jacobite’s provoked…

Holocaust Survivor Becomes Communist Prosecutor then British Citizen

In a sheltered, shady corner of Wolvercote Cemetery in the leafy, affluent suburb of rural Oxford are the graves of Helena Wolinska-Brus and her husband…

Lightning: The Unusual Lockheed P-38 Fighter with 30 Photos

The P-38 Lightning was an unusual-looking aircraft. Unlike most fighter planes of the Second World War, it had two booms, each with an engine, so…

Saving Anne Frank’s Diary

There is almost no one alive, even today, who does not know the story of Anne Frank, the young girl whose life came to a…

60 Years in the Air – The MiG-21 in 27 PHOTOS

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 was a Soviet supersonic jet fighter and interceptor. In many ways, the MiG-21 was a symbol of the effective and simple Soviet…