10 Biggest Nuclear Explosions
Most of us have seen footage or photographs of the explosions at Nagasaki and Hiroshima: the mushroom cloud, the radius, the devastation. Those, however, were…
War In The Air – Gun Camera Footage Of B-17s Under Attack By Luftwaffe Fighters
One of the most crucial conflicts of the Second World War was between the air forces of Britain and Germany. The Royal Air Force (RAF)…
Rommel’s Last Battle in North-Africa – Costly Failure At Medenine
The hot Tunisian sun beat down on the steel of tanks and armoured personnel carriers, planes strafed the artillery positions and the tracks of tanks…
As a 16 Year Old Kid, Young Jack Faced Off with the German Fleet and Was Awarded the Victoria Cross
It is estimated that up to one-third of British Sailors in World War I was under the age of 18. Many lied about their age…
Boudica’s uprising: A fearsome challenge to the might of Ancient Rome
The coastal county of Norfolk in the south-east of England is a peaceful place. Little villages are scattered throughout a patchwork of fertile fields and…
With Suicidal Courage, Commander Ernest Evans Took on 4 Japanese Battleships near Leyte, With 3 Destroyers
Just as they were heading into action having witnessed the overwhelming enemy fleet ahead of them, it is reported that Commander Ernest Evans of the…
“Never Give Way to Barbarians” The British Abyssinian Expedition of 1868: A Matter of Honor
It began with the taking of eight British civilian hostages in a faraway country about which most people in Britain knew nothing and cared less. By…
B-29 Kee Bird, Frozen in Time For 50 Years, She Was Almost Rescued (Watch)
The US Air Force’s B-29 Kee Bird was a Superfortress class aircraft. This craft belonged to the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron. This craft was stranded following an…
Probably Only Officer Court Martialed for Desertion Awarded Medal of Honor for Leading Bayonet Charge
Some men were born to fight and so much so that they are not going to let few Army “suggestions” like not deserting your unit…
By Air and Sea – Veteran served as radioman aboard Navy seaplanes during Korean War
By Jeremy P. Amick When Virgil Koechner turned 17 years old, he informed his father that he was tired of working on the farm, asserting…
5 Ways Napoleon Made Himself into the New Charlemagne
One of the most powerful tools in Napoleon Bonaparte’s intellectual arsenal was the connections he drew between his own life and that of great figures…
World War Two’s Long Struggle for New Guinea
When the Japanese invaded New Guinea in early 1942, they began a struggle for control of the island which would last until the end of…