Longbow and Broadsword in WW2 – The Early Service Of Fighting or “Mad Jack” Churchill
To those he fought beside, Jack Churchill seemed like a man without fear, but to those he faced in combat, he was a terrifying figure,…
Fail! The Rolling Rocket Bomb Designed To Smash The Atlantic Wall, Only Ever Managed To Kill A Dog
War is often associated with cutting-edge technologies, which have altered history by changing the outcome of many conflicts. The invention of the bayonet, aerial combat, and…
How The Soviets Caught Dozens of German Agents In A WWII Spy Game – Even Staging a Mock Battle To Keep Up Charade
During the height of WWII, a major funkspeil was about to begin. This counter-espionage plan, introduced by Joseph Stalin, was an operation set forth by…
This Is What Testing Nuclear Bombs On An Island Looks Like, You Will Be Shocked!
Between the years of 1946 and 1958, a nuclear testing program was put in place by the United States in Bikini Atoll (part of…
Paul Bucha with a single Company FIghts Off An Entire NVA Battalion and Earn the Medal of Honor
It was the height of the Vietnam War. When the 3rd Battalion of the 187th Infantry decided to add a fourth company to their…
Steel vs Steel – Top 10 Epic Tank Battles in History
The tank is one of the most resilient and devastating army weapons. To break the deadlock of trench warfare in the western front during the…
Albert Göring, Despised the Nazi Regime – Saved Countless Jews & Dissidents, Unlike His Brother
Hermann Wilhelm Göring was one of Adolph Hitler’s earliest supporters and the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany. Founder of the Gestapo (the secret…
U-570 – The Only Ship To Be Captured By An Aircraft!
There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…
4 Funny Urban Legends of War
Usually when we think of urban legends we think of dark and mysterious stories that make us want to lock our doors. When we think…
10 Amazing Recent WWII Discoveries
Seven decades after World War Two ended, artifacts from this period are still being discovered around the globe. These range from fighter airplanes in the desert…
Australia’s Pearl Harbor – The Bombing of Darwin By 242 Japanse Aircraft
At 9:58 AM, February 19th, 1942, the humming drone of Japanese fighters and bombers was heard over Darwin, Australia. The residents, soldiers, and sailors of…
The Army Goes In – The Suez Crisis of 1956
The Suez Crisis comprised of an invasion by Israel of Egypt in late 1956, Britain and France soon followed in this invasion. The aim of…