The Amazing Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Best Plane of WW2?
With its radical yet impressive design, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a graceful fighter aircraft that epitomized a new level of craftsmanship in America’s military…
The $1.4 BILLION Zumwalt-Class Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor Commissioned on Jan 26th, 2019
The second Zumwalt-class destroyer to be built for the U.S. Navy was commissioned on January 26, 2019. DDG-1001 was named for Medal of Honor recipient…
An Artist Who Became The USSR’s Most Lethal Sniper Dispatched Over 500 Germans
Usually artists are associated with pacifism and anti-war sentiments. There are, of course, always exceptions to such stereotypes – Adolf Hitler is probably the most…
The Battle Of Leipzig – The Largest Battle On European Soil Prior To WWI
The Napoleonic Wars of the 19th century were, in many ways, a precursor to the World Wars of the 20th century that would rock first…
WWII Anti-Invasion Defenses Uncovered by a Storm
You never know what might turn up during a walk on the beach, particularly after a storm has churned up the sea. Usually, it’s shells,…
Conflict that Inspired a Football Rivalry – When Michigan & Ohio Almost Went to War
Conflicts break out between different countries over border disputes and access to natural resources all the time, but how about those between U.S. states? In…
Hitler’s Plans for a New World Order After His Victory in WW2
The Man in the High Castle is a popular Amazon TV series based on the novels bearing the same name by Philip K. Dick. In…
The Concentration Camp in Italy – Servigliano Camp 59
Although the concentration camps in Germany are well documented, the camps in Italy are not so well known. One reason for this is that although…
Tarawa Veteran Sees Picture of The Man Who Saved His Life 70 Years Ago
“Semper Fidelis” Men were floating in the water, some wounded and screaming, others already dead. Scanning the carnage, Dean Ladd wondered how long his luck…
How an Outdated Biplane, Took Out the Gigantic Battleship Bismarck
The Second World War was a period of greatly accelerated development in the field of aviation: this was the first war in which jet fighters…
Liechtenstein’s Army Returned Home From War With More Men Than it Left With
Located between Switzerland and Austria, the country of Liechtenstein is one of the world’s smallest nations. Its current ruler, the constitutional monarch His Serene Highness…
A Strange Story From The Civil War: There in McLean’s parlor, Grant & Lee Hashed Out The Surrender
The American Civil War threatened to rip the nation apart and created rifts that in some ways have not healed. For four years the nation…