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Nazi Persecution of the Freemasons, Winston Churchill & Truman Were Freemasons

Ian Harvey

Amazon Prime is showing a video in which John Hamill, the Communications Director of the United Grand Lodge of England, gives an interview on the…

The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh: The Last Pitched Battle Between England & Scotland

On September 10, 1547, the national armies of England and Scotland fought in a pitched battle at Pinkie Cleugh. Though no one knew it at the…

Mitchell Paige: The Man Who Took on 2,500 Japanese Soldiers & Won

History has shown us that one person can turn the tide of a battle. There is no better example of this than Mitchell Paige. Paige…

Enigma No Longer A Mystery: Peeking Inside the Fabled Nazi Machine

Ian Harvey

The Enigma machine, used by the Nazis in World War II to send coded messages to agents and military personnel around the globe, has been…

Remembering WWII’s “Black Thursday” In All 25 Percent of the Attack Force was Lost

Ian Harvey

During World War II, most of the ball bearings required for the Nazi army’s military and support vehicles were manufactured in Schweinfurt in eastern Bavaria.…

A Change the Royal Navy Made in 1926 is Now Starting to Upset Londoners

Ian Harvey

The British popularized the expression “a storm in a teacup,” and they often prove it to be an apt phrase when citizens get their knickers…

Myths and Legends of the Iconic 1911

Joseph O'Brien

Pretty much anyone on the planet who studies firearms or military history has heard of the pistol known as the 1911. In continual service and…

How did Brits use allotments and ‘grow your own’ to survive two World Wars?

In September 2018, the world marked 79 years since the beginning of the Second World War — a conflict that lasted six years, divided the…

German Knight who Survived 50 Years of War With a Mechanical Arm

Christian Oord

Götz von Berlichingen – Insanely crazy German knight who survived five decades of war, battled enemies with a mechanical iron arm, and invented the phrase…

Conspiracy Theories: The Biggest One Of All From WW2

Ian Harvey

Conspiracy theorists just love to spend their time debating outlandish notions of what really happened during historical events. Simple, verifiable truth isn’t enough. Marilyn Monroe…

Telling his Remaining Marines “we gotta go help those kids” Charged Into the Fight

Jeff Edwards

Friendly artillery raked the small village ahead, but the Marines were still under heavy machine gun fire while rocket propelled grenades rained down on them…

A Reindeer Lived on a British Sub, Ate a Navigation Chart, Got so Fat it Couldn’t Get Back Out

There are a lot of unusual moments from WWII that create some of the most interesting stories. One of these is undoubtedly the story of…