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Tommy Prince Was So Quiet, Sometimes Instead Of Killing Germans He Would Steal Their Shoes

Tommy Prince was born on October 15th, 1915, in Scanterbury Manitoba Canada in a family of eleven siblings. He left school at an early age…

10 Facts – A Place of Tension Between Nations – The Korean Demilitarized Zone

Lincoln Riddle

For most of the world, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) serves as a reminder of the Korean War, a war that was fought in the…

Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne Battles South of Veghel In WW2 Operation Market Garden (Part 1)

The date is September 24th, 1944, Operation Market Garden has dragged on into its 6th day and the Germans are about to begin their last…

8 Reasons for the French Military Disaster at Dien Bien Phu

Arrogance. Ignorance. Poor planning. These were the weapons with which French commanders fought the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and with which they ensured their…

Jimmy Doolittle Led The First Mission To Bomb Japan – Against All the Odds

Jeff Edwards

Often, war is no different than your average street fight regardless of how crude that might seem. When a man is punched in the nose,…

A Despicable Crime – Grave Robbers Steal Skull of American WWII Veteran

Six months ago, an unthinkable crime occurred in the small city of Hickory, North Carolina. Grave robbers broke into the mausoleum where James William Floyd remains…

Desperate Fighting Underground: The Dramatic Battle Beneath The Trenches Of World War One

The Western Front of the First World War was effectively a massive siege. Both sides sat behind lines of defences, hurling artillery shells and making…

School Children Honor WW2 Battle of Britain Pilot

Seventy-five years have elapsed since James Brindley Nicolson shot down a German fighter plane earning him a Victoria Cross. Recently, a plaque was unveiled by…

Thousands Honor John Basilone During 35th Annual Memorial Parade In New Jersey

The Raritan, New Jersey borough’s favorite son, John Basilone, was honored on Sunday again during the 35th Annual John Basilone Memorial Parade. Basilone, whose historic…

Promotional Video Stirs up a Storm in China

A recently released film, ‘My War,’ directed by Peng Shun, a Hong Kong resident well known for directing horror films, has resurrected the debate over…

Maurice Gamelin And The Fall Of France In 1940

A quick look at the fall of France in May 1940. 1. The French Were Led by Maurice Gamelin At the start of the Second…

An Island Country Goes to War – The Irish at the Somme

Damien Peters

The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 had an unusual effect in Ireland. In a place where there had already been conflict and…