Man Finds World War II Love Letters in Shed
Derrick Heckman found a box of papers in the back of a shed. “I found this box,” Heckman said. “I saw these letters with this unique…
David Thatcher – Doolittle Raider Veteran Dies
Retired Staff Sergeant David Jonathan Thatcher died Wednesday at the age of 94 from a stroke he suffered on Sunday. Thatcher was one of the…
How To Assemble & Launch A V-2 Rocket (Watch)
The V-2 rockets were the first ever successful long-range guided ballistic missiles. In a lack of effective long-range strategic bombers, the Nazis turned to constructing…
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
Most people are familiar with the general history of the Arab expansion after the death of Mohammad. The Arabs didn’t sit idly in Saudi Arabia,…
When The Wehrmacht, In Retaliation, Carted Off 601 Dutch Men To Concentration Camps, 48 Returned
It is a matter of historical fact that Nazi Germany committed truly horrific crimes against humanity during WWII. Germany and 14 other countries have even…
These 4 Massive Nazi-Built Bunkers Near Calais Are Both Frightening and Stunning
The Atlantic Wall was an extensive system of coastal defence and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental…
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…
Battles of Attu & Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During WWII
In the cold, desolate Arctic near Alaska in 1942, Japanese troops quietly invaded and took over two of the Aleutian Islands, considered to be North…
Top 10 Surviving Nazi Built Buildings
The Nazi government under Adolf Hitler saw architecture as a means of imposing fear and respect. Hitler, like many Germans, had an admiration of the…
Two Jet Fighters Sent Up to Shoot Down a WWII Warbird in 1956 – Blasted 208 Rockets at it, it Survived
In August 1956, a drone went rogue over Southern California, threatening cities, including Los Angeles. In its aftermath, over 1,000 acres were destroyed, forests and…
The Untold Heroism Of The B-17 Gunners, You’ll Be Amazed (Watch)
The B-17 Flying Fortress was the iconic airplane of the WWII era. It was a four-engine heavy bomber that was offered to the US Army…
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…