Iron Age Fort in Scotland Reveals Origins
For over one hundred years excavation work has been in progress on an ancient fort that was built on a small peninsula jutting out toward…
Global Warming Research Yields Shipwrecks and Ancient City
The intention behind the Black Sea Maritime Archaeological Project (MAP) was not to trawl the Black Sea in search of ancient ships, but that’s exactly…
“Destroyer of Beasts” – the ISU-152
Object 241 or ISU-152 was a Soviet heavy self-propelled artillery vehicle during the Second World War. The designation “ISU” stands for self-propelled installation, created on…
Edokko: Touching Story of Jewish Refugee in WWII Japan
A memoir from a New York Man Who Grew Up a Jewish Refugee in World War II Japan and Worked with the US Military as…
Forgotten Meat Grinder: The Battle of Hurtgen Forest WWII
It was some of the most brutal fighting of the Second World War, a grinding battle in which thousands of American and German lives were…
The Trinidad Plan – Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Bay of Pigs
In the middle of the Cold War in Central America, a battle was fought, that could drastically change the geopolitics of the entire region by…
The Best Gun of WWII – Flak 88 in photos
The Flak 88 was a legendary WWII-era anti-air and an anti-tank gun used by Nazi Germany and their allies. The predecessor of this iconic gun…
Unique Cache of Antique Weapons Discovered in Canal
This is the astonishing moment a cache of guns was pulled out of a canal by a family of magnet-fishers. The Price family couldn’t believe…
British Commando and WWII Hero Laid to Rest
On July 18, 2018, England’s Patrick Churchill, age 94, was honored at a funeral held at St. Mary The Virgin Church in Witney, Oxfordshire. Churchill,…
Voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS – The Final Testament of the Oostfronters
What motivated men to fight for an enemy that had invaded their own country? These are last voices of the Flemish Waffen-SS; there are very…
Youngest RAF Spitfire Pilot in Battle of Britain Passes away at 97
Geoffrey ‘Boy’ Wellum was the Second World War’s youngest Spitfire pilot. He joined the RAF at eighteen and died two weeks after his 97th birthday…
Andrew Jackson – Politician General in War of 1812
In the years leading up to 1812, the United States had become entangled in the conflict between the United Kingdom and France; Great Britain banned…