April 28, 1945: The Death of Mussolini
On the 28th of April 1945, Benito Mussolini died. The leader of Fascist Italy and longest-ruling of the right-wing dictators who brought destruction to 20th…
Statue commemorating ‘Comfort Women’ causes a spat between Korean and Japanese communities.
The issue of the enforced prostitution of Korean, Chinese, Dutch and Australian women by the Japanese during WWII has once again caused a war of…
10 Facts: Reinhard Heydrich – The Man With The Iron Heart
Unless you are a WWII aficionado, it’s likely you don’t have all the facts about every Nazi official memorized. However, every individual who played a…
5 Things You Don’t Know About: Flamethrowers
Warning: contains shocking material. This video shows the applications in battle of one of the most psychologically terrifying weapons in the world. What is a flamethrower?…
5 Lesser Known Concentration Camps From The Holocaust
The extensive list of active concentration camps used by the Nazis in World War Two would be too long to write. The major camp names…
How 50 German Sailors sailed, marched and rowed home from a tiny island halfway around the world
The Keeling Islands are little more than overgrown coral reefs, but in 1914 they saw the beginning of one the most epic adventure stories of…
10 Grenade Fails (Watch)
Grenades are, it goes without saying, lethal weapons so if you are ever in a position of using one then be sure you know what…
Flamethrowers in Action Shown in 36 Blazing Photos!
Flamethrowers were first used by the Greeks in the 1st Century AD. More than 1000 years later, this weapon was used by Byzantine Empire against…
Recently Discovered Escape Tunnel is a Tribute the Bravery and Determination of these Survivors
In the most terrible situations, such as to the horrors of wartime atrocities and massacres, it is amazing how certain people manage to hold on…
A Look at the Life of Elie Wiesel, Writer, Holocaust Survivor, Campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Elie Wiesel died in July this year. He was 87 years old. After becoming a best-selling author with his memoirs of his time in Auschwitz…
Insane Gulf War Footage Of An F-16 Dodging SAM Missiles Over Iraq
Amazing video of F-16, callsign Stroke 3, dodging six SAM launches during Desert Storm. The Gulf War which lasted from 2 August 1990 to 28…
Midway: The Turning Point in the Pacific
The Battle of Midway (3rd to 7th June 1942) was the single most decisive encounter in the Pacific theater of World War Two. A clash…