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5 Unbelievable True Stories About WWII That Should be Made into Movies

Jack Beckett

What most of us remember about World War II from history classes boils down to who fought who, the Holocaust, the Nazis and how almost…

Top 10 Battles of the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War lasted from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975, officially between North Vietnam (North Vietnam) and South Vietnam (South Vietnam). In reality, it…

He slammed his hand on the table and said to Hitler “I will not take orders from a local Nazi chieftan”… and got away with it

Written by Nigel Mountford on Quora reproduced with permission. This is General Dietrich von Saucken. As you can see, he is literally the archetypal monocled patrician…

10 Reasons Why William Wallace Won at Stirling Bridge

Andrew Knighton

On 11 September 1297, an outnumbered Scottish army defeated the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The most spectacular victory of William Wallace, the…

Kim Philby: Known As One Of The Most Famous Traitors Of The Cold War

Andrew Knighton

Harold “Kim” Philby, British journalist and intelligence agent, is one of the most famous traitors of the Cold War. Part of the infamous Cambridge spy…

Refused To Abandon A Dying Comrade. Pulled The Pins From 2 Grenades & Calmly Awaited The Viet Cong, They Found Their Bodies The Next Day

Jeff Edwards

Refusing to leave his mortally wounded comrade as the enemy approached, Australian Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pin on two grenades and waited for…

The Greatest German General No One Has Heard Of – Lieutenant General Of Armored Troops Herman Balck

Herman Balck might be one of the most effective German Generals, whose actions are largely forgotten today. He came from a military family, his father,…

A Nightmarish Place – The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp

The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp lies just North of Linz, in Austria. It was one of the first large concentration camps created in Nazi Germany and…

The Weapons They Carried: 10 WWII Infantry Weapons That Were Crucial to the Fight

Colin Fraser

Let’s take a look at the top 10 WWII Infantry Rifles of WWII, both Allied and Axis. M1 Garand The M1 Garand was the standard…

Amazing story: WWII ghost B-17 completed its mission, then landed – no one was on board

A B-17 Flying Fortress landed perfectly at an RAF airbase and completes the full landing pattern as well. The bomber comes to a full stop;…

C-17 Globemaster, A-10, C-130, And US Paratroopers in Action – This is What Modern “D-Day” Looks Like (Watch)

Joris Nieuwint

One of the most pivotal and game-changing moments in the Second World War came on the 6th of June, 1944. It was a date that…

The Gigantic 180 Meter Long US Army Land Trains Of The 1950s

The Texan company, LeTourneau, was instructed to design these huge land trains in the 1950s by the US Government. The United States Army got three…