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Meet General George Kenney, Master Aviator and War Hero

Every soldier who puts his life on the line is a true hero. However, some amazing souls go the extra mile and really reach for…

10 Interesting Facts About Douglas MacArthur That You Might Not Know

Douglas MacArthur, born on 26 January 1880 was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of…

MoH: Despite Serious Wounds, Paul Bolden Took Out 35 German SS Troops In The Bulge

To be clear, the number would have only been 20 had the German SS taken Bolden up on his act of mercy.  For after gunning…

Russian Liberation Army – Russian Volunteers Who Fought For Hitler

It was 1st September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland under a false pretext, officially kicking off WWII. The tensions in Europe had already reached…

The Curious Life of Norman Birkett – A Look at the Nuremberg Trials

  The British Barrister, preacher, politician and judge, William Norman Birkett, definitely had a curious life. He was born on the 6th September 1883 and…

Admiral Kimmel: The Scapegoat of Pearl Harbor or the Man Who Opened the Door for the Japanese Attack

There have been few American military disasters that could ever rival what took place on December 7, 1941. The United States would see over 2400…

The “Glorious Glosters” Greatest Battle – When 650 Glosters were up against 10,000 Chinese

Glorious Glosters

Unique in all the British Army, the “Glorious Glosters” wear badges on the front and the rear of their berets.  This right was earned in…

Action T4 – Nazis Euthanasia Programme That Dealt With The disabled and Mentally Ill

In October 1939, Adolf Hitler signed a decree that enabled Nazi Germany to forcefully euthanize patients who they deemed were “unworthy of life”. After the…

SMS Bodrog – The Once-Mighty Warship Which Fired The First Shots Of WWI

Stuck into a muddy river bank, somewhere in Serbia, lies an old, derelict gravel barge. Rusted, useless, and over 100 years old it has limited…

Degenerate Art Exhibition – When Hitler Declared War on Modern Art

Hitler’s views on art were problematic, to say the least. In 1906, he moved from Steyr, where he attended high school, to Vienna, which was…

How a South Vietnamese Pilot Stole A Chinook, Rescued His family Out Of Saigon And Crashed It Next To A Carrier

In April 1975, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, taking everyone by surprise. Panic ensued as Americans and South Vietnamese fled. For those who…

World War II Bombers – Destruction from Above

It was during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911 when the first bomb was dropped from an aircraft, and ever since then the concept of wreaking…