Vintage AT-6 Texan Crash Claims Two lives
On 23rd March 2016, eyewitnesses saw a plane crash into the Columbia River about a mile north of Pier 39. It was late in the…
Battle of Bibracte: Sending the Swiss to Switzerland
Caesar is perhaps most famous for his rise to power in Rome through the lengthy civil wars. Roman armies fighting each other made for interesting…
The Best & Weirdest U.S. Propaganda Posters from WWI and WWII
Every country with a major involvement in World War I and II produced war propaganda posters. The U.S. alone produced hundreds of different posters with…
First down on Yamato – By Barry Smith
On the morning of Saturday, April 7th, 1945 tension aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was times a thousand. The fighter pilots with Hornet’s Air…
A Turning Point In The Life Of Musashi, The Undefeated Samurai
Miyamoto Musashi was three hours late. This was his way. On the beach the tension in the air was palpable. Sasaki Kojiro paced up and…
“Gentlemen, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography” – The Mines of Messines, 1917
In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…
The Battle of North Cape, and the utter destruction of the Battleship Scharnhorst
It was wholly dark. In the sea north of Tromsø in Norway, the great German battleship Scharnhorst was on a mission to sink an Allied…
Canadian Jewish Groups Call to Revoke Citizenship of Helmut Oberlander – Einsatzkommando 10a
Helmut Oberlander is a Canadian citizen whose citizenship have been the source of much controversy. This is because of his past behavior during WW II.…
The Nazi Invasion of the Balkans & Yugoslavia – A Costly Victory
In early 1941, Adolf Hitler could look at a map of Eastern Europe and think that his plans were progressing nicely. The invasion of the…
The Soldier Who Earned a Medal of Honor Fighting with an Entrenching Tool and a Distinguished Service Cross Just a few Days Later
It has often been said that you can’t keep a good man down. In the case of Benjamin F. Wilson, the medical personnel trying to…
Refusing To Abandon The Wounded, Chaplain Emil Kapaun Remained Behind to Care for His Men and Died in a Korean POW Camp
He didn’t carry a weapon, he wasn’t there to fight, but that didn’t stop chaplain Emil Kapaun from earning the nation’s highest military honor for…
Out of fuel: Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights (Watch)
An unusual incident involving a container ship and an aircraft from a nearby aircraft carrier occurred in June 1983, when NATO countries were staging an…