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How 4 U.S. Attack Helicopters Were Destroyed Because of Geotagged Pictures

By the end of 2016, there will be more than 2 billion smartphones in use throughout the world, and all of them contain technology that…

How The Seven Auschwitz Dwarves Fell Under The Spell Of Dr Death

May 19, 1944 – When Perla Ovitz and her family were lifted off the train shortly after arriving in Auschwitz that fateful Friday; the SS…

Hitler’s Copy of Mein Kampf Sells for $20,000

The copy of Mein Kampf owned by Hitler himself sold for $20,655 at an auction. Making it one of the most expensive copies of the…

One man’s inspirational mission to get his U.S. hometown named an “American World War II City”

A resident of Wilmington, N.C., has made it his mission to get the southern port city  recognized by the U.S. government for its contribution efforts…

Affleck-Damon Team Up for Battle of Bunker Hill Movie

We will be expecting a new historical epic coming in the  not so distant future from Warner Bros. with Hollywood actors Ben Affleck and Matt…

The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order

Malcolm Higgins

A crimson cross emblazoned on a white background; a simple design, perhaps, but behind it lies one of the most remarkable stories in the history…

MoH: Private Towle of the 82nd Airborne Stopped a German Armored Counter Attack in Holland with a Bazooka

Jeff Edwards

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

Joris Nieuwint

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…