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Levi Oakes honored as a Mohawk Code Talker in a Ceremony in Ottawa

Ian Harvey

In 2002, Nicholas Cage starred in Windtalkers as a soldier assigned to protect a Navajo soldier who used his native language as an unbreakable code.…

NEW BOOK reveals TOP SECRET archive information about Pointe du Hoc & the US Rangers.

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Author and historian Gary Sterne’s long-awaited study of the US Army D-Day Rangers is now available in 2 volumes published by Pen & Sword Publishing. In…

‘A valuable experience’ – Missouri Farmer Trained at Camp Crowder & Served in Post-War Japan

Jeremy Amick

Missouri veteran James Rackers may have received his draft notice after World War II officially concluded, but his subsequent military experiences would still carry him…

Archduke Franz Ferdinand And The Era Of Assassination

Mark Barnes

The Great War centenary will soon be consigned as a piece of history itself, but books dedicated to the conflict continue to pile up in…

‘Really something else’ – Navy veteran served aboard a submarine chaser in Pacific during WWII

Jeremy Amick

In the years after he finished the eighth grade at St. Francis Xavier School in Taos, Missouri, local resident Bernard Heet remained actively employed helping…

Movie Material: Tommy Prince Was so Effective, Germans Believed he Was an Evil Spirit

Dejan Milivojevic

There weren’t too many units in World War Two that fought vigorously enough to earn the nickname “the Devil’s Brigade,” besides the First Special Service…

Wereth 11: They Felt Safe, That Night Would Turn Out to be Their Last, 1st SS Pulled up Outside

As the German onslaught grew more truculent, the Battle of the Bulge came to feature a myriad of dramas with many heroic and villainous actions.…

What the Allies Faced: Over 30 Photos of The German Opposition At Normandy

Ian Harvey

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and when that picture is taken during wartime, what it communicates is often tragedy,…

Japan Concerned by South Korea’s Move to Close Down WWII Sex Slave Foundation

Ian Harvey

In 2015 the governments of Japan and South Korea came to an agreement regarding the historic abuse of South Korean women by Japanese military forces…

Clever Comebacks Even Under Pressure: The Best Military Retorts Ever

Ian Harvey

A witty response or remark – also known as a “bon mot” in certain circles – takes a lot of spontaneous smarts to pull off.…

Deadly Legacy of US Bombing Campaign in Vietnam War

Ian Harvey

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War some eighty-million unexploded bombs and cluster munitions remain undiscovered beneath the soil in Laos. On Thanksgiving…

Top 8 inventions & innovations of WWII

Morgan Deane

As one of the largest events in human history, World War II spawned numerous important inventions that still affect modern life. Jet engine Dr. Hans…