The Gray Ranks – The Fighting Boy-Scouts Of The Polish WWII Resistance
When people think of boy scouts what is the first thing that comes to mind? Setting up a tent? Singing songs around the fire? Wearing…
Ambassador Recalled To Japan Over Controversial WW2 Memorial Statue Dispute
Tokyo has withdrawn the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in response to a statue dedicated to World War II sex slaves. The statue shows a…
The Beginning Of WW2 – Journalist Who Broke The Story Dies Aged 105
Thanks to a gust of wind, Claire Hollingworth got the greatest news scoop of the 20th-century. Hollingworth was the prominent female journalist of the war…
92nd Infantry Division, The Buffalo Soldiers – A Veteran Celebrates His 97th Birthday
Ray Robinson served in World War II as a member of the 92nd Infantry Division. Otherwise known as the Buffalo Soldiers, they were the only…
The Terrible Defeat That Led To The Bataan Death March
It was January 2, 1942, and the fall of Manilla in the Battle of Bataan that would give the US its first taste of the…
A German and an American Meet at the end of WWII
War is full of brief encounters. A sudden glimpse of the face of an enemy; the brief sighting of an enemy submarine; or seeing a wounded…
The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From World War One And World War Two
Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…
Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2
In 1918 two teenage brothers posed for a photograph. The older brother has his arm protectively around the younger one. They are Heinze and Reinhard…
In WW2, The Germans Tried to Copy the de Havilland Mosquito – And Failed
The de Havilland Mosquito was one of Britains most iconic aircraft. The high-velocity airplane made entirely from plywood was landing severe blows on the Reich…
How Tanks Decided The First And Second World Wars
The concept of a military tank was not particularly new in 1916. However, the ability to move troops safely through combat territories with a vehicle…
Historian Alleges Nixon Interfered With Peace Talks In Vietnam In 1968
Historians have long surmised that Richard M. Nixon, the presidential contender in 1969, interfered with peace talks to end the Vietnam War, to bolster his…
Fantastic Collection Of Artifacts On Display At Philadelphia’s New Revolutionary War Museum
With a little imagination, visitors to the Revolutionary War museum opening April 19 in Philadelphia will travel back in time to the 1770s. The museum…