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…
Joachim Peiper’s Atrocities Against Allied Troops: When Intimidation Failed
The forces of Nazi Germany are infamous for the atrocities they committed. The SS, who played a dual role, both acting as frontline troops and…
The Picture Has Become Iconic, But What Happened in this Fallujah House is Legendary
Every war has its iconic pictures that will forever resonate in the minds of the public and most certainly of the men who fought it. …
Being a Footsoldier in Ancient Battles; A Frontline View of Victory
What was it actually like to fight with the heavy infantry on an ancient battlefield? The average person has their views shaped by Hollywood, but…
The Slave Who Stole A Confederate ship, Met President Lincoln & Bought His Master’s House
In 1862, Robert Smalls stole a Confederate ship, gave it to the Union Army, freed slaves, and met President Abraham Lincoln. After the war, he…
Watch: Firing the 80 cm Railway Gun ‘Schwerer Gustav’
Schwerer Gustav – This was the name given to a German 80 cm railway gun, a huge piece of artillery designed to be shot from…
Ticking Time Bomb? The Mines At Messines -Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives-, 20 Detonated, 5 Remain, Waiting…
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 Youngest Soldier In WWI Was A Serbian Boy, Aged 8
Momčilo Gavrić was the youngest soldier in the First World War. He was born in May 1st, in 1906 in a village near the town of Loznica in…