It Was Brutal: Press Ganging, Keelhauling & Flogging in The Royal Navy
Each blow of the cat would open up numerous wounds, enough of which could prove fatal, on the unfortunate sailor’s back. The British Royal Navy…
Sex Outside of Marriage: Lebensborn, How Hitler Planned a Master Race
Most of the smaller children were taken away from their parents before they were old enough to comprehend what was even happening. The Third Reich…
Downfall Actor Who Portrayed Hitler Dies In Switzerland
The stage and screen actor who brought a chilling portrayal of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to the screen has died at his home in Zurich.…
America’s Forgotten WWI Hero Who Beat the Germans Bare Handed
With just his fists and his knife, he managed to fend them off, fighting with such fury that the Germans eventually retreated. While the United…
The Forgotten Atrocities of a Fascist Puppet State-Croatia in WW2
The Holocaust soon came to Croatia. On Pavelić’s first day in office, he declared that “offending the nation of Croatia” was punishable by death. The…
A Savage & Brutal Affair. Hand-To-Hand Combat in WW1
In trench combat, any encounter you had with an enemy soldier was likely to be a life-or-death one. The First World War is notorious for…
Punch Drunk at Karansebes –The Austrian Army That Fought Itself
Battles generally consist of two opposing forces often from different countries or factions. The Battle of Karansebes is an exception: this deadly battle was fought…
Against all Odds-The US Rangers & Their Heroic Assault on Pointe Du Hoc
The Assault on Pointe Du Hoc was one of the most harrowing (and costly) missions in U.S. Army Ranger history. Knowing their mission was crucial…
Sunk & Forgotten -The Fate of the SS Oria’s 4000 POW’s
Throughout human history men have gone to war. Naval transport has created and broken empires, but the harshness of nature means sometimes those traveling by…
‘Hold My Beer’ – War Hero Thomas Fitzpatrick Twice Landed His Aircraft in New York City (While Drunk)
Thomas Fitzpatrick was a World War II and Korean War veteran who stole and landed an aircraft in front of a bar in New York…
Amazonian Warriors of the Ancient Worlds
Women warriors of the ancient world Warfare has traditionally been a man’s world. The reasons for this varies historically and culturally but, regardless of time…
Major-General Gubbins-The Man who Made Dirty Warfare a Passion.
During the Second World War, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) reinvented the art of covert warfare. The organization recruited, trained, and equipped both secret agents…