Did German Americans Actually Leave the US to Fight for Germany During WWII?
In the acclaimed HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers (2001), Tech. Sgt. Donald Malarkey, played by Scott Grimes, asks a German prisoner of war (POW) where…
Some of the Best Anti Tank Rifles
Tanks became the undisputed kings of the battlefield — lumbering steel boxes that crushed everything in their path while shrugging off machine gun and rifle…
The 1st Great Escape: Amazing Forgotten Story From WW1 PoWs Who Tunnelled Out of Camp Using Cutlery
The Hollywood movie, The Great Escape, earned worldwide fame for its cool actors and its loose connection to a real-life escape from a Nazi prisoner…
Nazi Persecution of the Freemasons, Winston Churchill & Truman Were Freemasons
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
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
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
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
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
Götz von Berlichingen – Insanely crazy German knight who survived five decades of war, battled enemies with a mechanical iron arm, and invented the phrase…