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The Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Destruction

Damian Lucjan

The Man Who Saved the World from Nuclear Destruction Remember, remember the 26th of September, when the unknown man becomes a defender. That could be…

Top 5 Strangest Photos of World War II (Watch)

We present you the top 5 strangest photos from World War II, with their stories! We will take a look at beer bombing Spitfires that…

Seen These Pics? The Legendary B-17 “Flying Fortress” Bomber

The Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber’s first flight was on 28th July 1935. In total, 12,731 units were buillt between 1936-1945! The nickname “Flying Fortress” was…

Green Beret May be Next Medal of Honor Recipient

Gary Michael Rose was a Green Beret in the Vietnam War. In summer 2016, his heroism was acknowledged, and congress authorized that a Medal of…

Ed “Good Entertainer, but a Great Marine” McMahon Flew 85 Combat Missions in Korea

“Here’s Johnny!” That’s a quote probably best remembered from the Stanley Kubrick’s classic, The Shining, pronounced by Jack Nicolson’s character gone mad. But the phrase…

Sobibor Death Camp: Archaeologists Reveal Its Horrors

The Nazi Holocaust remains one of the most horrific events to stain the bloody history of the 20th century. Though Jewish people took the brunt…

How 60 Coast Guard Cutters Saved Over 400 Men On D-Day

Gabe Christy

“0530, accompanied invasion barges into shore under severe shelling attacks and with mines going up all around us. 0730, LCF-31 hit by shell 800 yards…

The British Army’s Largest Tank Battle in 25 Stunning Images

Operation Goodwood in Normandy, France was a British offensive against the German forces at the end of July 1944. It is called by some historians…

22 Remarkable and Rare Photos of the Siege of Leningrad!

The Leningrad Blockade is known as one of the deadliest, most prolonged and lengthy sieges in history. Although sieges were an extremely common method of…

How a Single Trumpet Changed The Course of a Battle

When the Balkan Powder Keg was lit in 1912, war broke out. The peoples of the Balkan Peninsula were seeking independence from the Ottoman rule…

Have You Ever Wanted to Talk to a WWI Soldier? Now You Can With This New Chatbot

We are still going through the centennial of WWI, each month there is a new anniversary of a campaign or battle. The Great War was…

The Funniest and Weirdest Pictures Of WWII

War is a terrible thing but strange and funny pictures were taken during that period too. You will find no memes or modern stuff in…