Kilted Destroyer: Tackled a Panzer division on his own & then accepted the surrender of 23,000 Germans
The soldier moving through the thick brush in France in 1944 in World War II, was an undercover operative from the British forces, an unusual…
Hollywood Script Writers Talking About Saving Private Ryan Blockbuster Sequel
In 2004 author and historian Gary Sterne was attending a US militaria show where he bought a WW2 US Army veterans uniform – nothing unusual…
Cool Stuff We Use Everyday That Came From the Military
War and innovation go hand in hand. Some of our greatest leaps forward have come at times of the most urgent necessity. Most of the…
The Insane Idea to Create an Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice
Desperate times call for desperate measures – a truth that has been repeatedly confirmed in the pages of world history. During the Second World War,…
Germany’s Last Field Marshal – The Butcher Ferdinand Schörnerand
During the Second World War, the Allies ran a series of propaganda posters entitled “This is the Enemy,” which depicted a variety of Axis personalities…
The Ultra-Versatile M29 Weasel in Photos
Initially introduced to serve as part of a secret commando operation in Norway in 1942, the M29 Weasel was designed to overcome difficult surface conditions,…
B-36 Peacemaker – Billion-dollar Blunder or Nuclear Deterrent?
The B-36 Peacemaker, a long-range bomber, never saw action in a war. However, it certainly caused a major political war to break out between the…
Bradley Fighting Vehicle Will Get “Decisively Lethal” Replacement
What does the future of combat look like on the ground? For the US Army, there is nothing that the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross…
Pirate, Honorable War Hero, or Nazi Agent? – Count Felix von Luckner
During and after the First World War, Count Felix von Luckner gained legendary status for his ability to wage warfare without casualties, his honorable treatment…
Niihau Incident at Pearl Harbor – Local Hawaiians Fought Downed Japanese Pilot and Sympathizers
Shigenori Nishikaichi knew his Zero was doomed once his fuel tank was hit by American fire. He had already successfully guarded a group of bombers…
The “Peanut Special” – Grumman F4F Wildcat in Photos
Even though both the United States and Great Britain became fighter aircraft powerhouses by the late stages of World War II, the situation was quite…
The Vietnam Tanker That Fought Off an Ambush with His Colt 45
Dwight Johnson came from the housing projects in Detroit and became a recipient of the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. Even more noteworthy is that…