MoH: Private Towle of the 82nd Airborne Stopped a German Armored Counter Attack in Holland with a Bazooka
Many might hold the common assumption that in the battle of man versus tank, heavy armor is sure to win. However, students of the history…
True: A Stranded Dutch Warship In WWII Disguising Itself As An Island To Evade Japanese Bombers
The Netherlands officially surrendered on May 15th, 1940. However, its Navy continued the fight. Part of the navy was deployed in the Dutch East Indies…
Facts You Didn’t Know About Hitler’s Invasion of the Soviet Union
A quick look at the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany in 33 facts 1.The invasion of the Soviet Union was the most…
The Crash of the only flyable Lockheed P-38 Lightning in Europe – July 15 1996
The only Lockheed P-38 Lightning that was flyable in Europe was completely destroyed when it crashed at Duxford Airfield near Cambridge, England. The crash occurred…
Otto Rahn, secretly anti-Nazi, Joined The SS In Search For The Holy Grail and Became The Inspiration For Indiana Jones
Otto Wilhelm Rahn was a German writer and medievalist who was obsessed with finding the Holy Grail. This was the cup that Jesus supposedly drank…
Bletchley Park Code Breakers – A Secret Letter From Eisenhower
Imagine today’s world without computers – imagine further – a world of ciphers, secret letters, code breakers and secret intelligence centres – this is the…
Soldier Missing in Action for 72 Years to Return Home
A 97-year-old man in Minnesota who waited 72 years for his younger brother to return home from World War II may finally get his wish…
Fighting Through the Streets of Fallujah, David Bellavia Survived Brutal Hand to Hand Combat
Any other year and November 10th would be one of joy and revelry as David Bellavia celebrated his birthday. However, 2004 was not any other…
The Notorious Andersonville Confederate POW Camp Where 13,000 Died and Henry Wirz
“Hang Him” and “Remember Andersonville” were epithets screamed by former Union prisoners of war at the hanging, on 10th November 1895, of one of America’s…
Top Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Facts!
A single-engine American aircraft, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an all-metal single-seat ground attack aircraft and fighter that first took to the skies in 1938.…
Veterans who Fought in Vietnam War Find Peace Living in the Very Villages they Fought in
While many think that men who serve in war would be ecstatic to finally come home, that is not the case with some. During the…
American WWII Pilot Attends Reopening of American Air Museum in England
The 91-year-old Bill Toombs still recalls the sight of 2,000 warplanes over Europe during the D-Day landings in June 1944. “You will never see that…