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Memphis Belle Was Not The First Bomber To Complete 25 Missions

Ian Harvey
Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle is a well-known World War Two bomber, which was made famous by the Hollywood movie of the same name back in 1990 and…

Did You Know This? The SECOND Raid On Pearl Harbor – Operation K

Guest Author

Everyone knows about the First Pearl Harbor Attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy. But few are aware of the 2nd Raid that the Japanese launched…

An American Experience in Vietnam – 14 Sad But Powerful Images

Zentih Press has released a must-have commemorative volume that presents material from the classic illustrated history The Vietnam Experience, now anthologized for the 50th anniversary…

British WWII British Pilot Survived Sinking of HMS Audacity & Flew over 480 Different types of Aircraft Before His Career Was Over

Jeff Edwards

There are many British aviators who can boast that they contributed to the war effort by taking to the skies over Europe to defeat the…

Taranto Raid: Bi planes smash Italian Fleet at Taranto – The Inspiration For Pearl Harbor

Colin Fraser

‘The Raid on Taranto, Italy, 11–12 November 1940’ by Ralph Gillies-Cole. Painting in collection of Fleet Air Arm Museum. In 1940, the British military situation…

Kilroy Was Here: How a Graffiti Cartoon Bolstered the Troops of WWII

A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…

When the Allies Killed Over 20,000 of Their Own Countrymen As They Sank Japanese Hell Ships That Transported Them

In May 1942 the Japanese began transferring POWs by sea. Similar to treatment on the Bataan Death March, prisoners were often crammed into cargo holds…

Para Rescue Jumper Duane Hackney, The Most Decorated Enlisted Man in US Air Force History

Jeff Edwards

An Air Force Cross, the Silver Star, 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with a Combat V, 2 Purple Hearts, 18 Air Medals, and ok, we have…

How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and Memorized the Names Of 256 POWs Of His Camp

Learn how very convincing Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl was at acting his “stupidly stupid” character while at the hands of his Vietnamese captors leading…

The Russian KV Tank and Its Crew That Stopped The German Advance for a Full Day

Colin Fraser

On June 22, 1941, Germany and the Axis powers commenced Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union along a 2,900 km front with a…

5 Unbelievable True Stories About WWII That Should be Made into Movies

Jack Beckett

What most of us remember about World War II from history classes boils down to who fought who, the Holocaust, the Nazis and how almost…

Top 10 Battles of the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War lasted from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975, officially between North Vietnam (North Vietnam) and South Vietnam (South Vietnam). In reality, it…