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The German Officer Who Rescued the ‘Pianist’

Sometimes, things aren’t always so black and white. Take the Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp in Poland. Who would ever have thought that he’d…

1984: Testing the Autobahn Airfield – A10s, Hercules’ and Fighters Land On A Highway (Watch)

In 1984, the NATO held an exercise on the German Highway, known as the Autobahn, to test one of the contingency plans in case the regular…

Black Sheep One: Marine Fighter Ace With 26 Kills -Gregory “Pappy” Boyington

Gregory Boyington would often muse that during his 20 months as a Japanese POW his health actually improved due to the forced sobriety. Affectionately known…

Medal of Honor – Nominated 4 Times: Survived a Nazi concentration camp, Took on the Korean Army with a .30 Cal and…

Jack Beckett

Tibor Rubin, who was of Jewish descent, was captured by the Nazis during World War Two and was imprisoned in a concentration camp. Luckily, he…

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…

Otto Rahn, openly gay, secretly anti-Nazi, Joined The SS In Search For The Holy Grail and Became The Inspiration For Indiana Jones

Otto Wilhelm Rahn was a German writer and medievalist who was obsessed with finding the Holy Grail. This was the cup that Jesus supposedly drank…

MoH: Private Towle of the 82nd Airborne Stopped a German Armored Counter Attack in Holland with a Bazooka

Many might hold the common assumption that in the battle of man versus tank, heavy armor is sure to win.  However, students of the history…

Nicknamed the “Black Swallow of Death”, the First African-American Fighter Pilot Fought With The French in WW1

  Occasionally in history, an individual will come along whose story is almost too inexplicable to be true.  To be a runaway youth in early…

The Incredible Story of Joseph Beyrle, the Only American to fight for both the U.S. and Russian Army in WWII

For much of the last 70 years, someone who fought for both America and Russia might bring to mind some Cold War espionage, a double…

League of German Girls, the Nazi Organisation To Teach Girls Their Duties As Bearers Of Aryan Heirs (Pictures)

The League of German Girls, in German; Bund Deutscher Mädel, or BDM was the girls’ wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. It was founded…

Rusting DMZ Steam Train Riddled With Bullets Is Symbol Of Korean War

On the 25th of June, 1950, the North Korean people’s Army (NKPA) invaded South Korea by crossing the 38th Parallel, the line of latitude that…

Cornfield “Bomber” – The F-106 Delta Dart that Landed Itself After Pilot Ejected

Elaine Smith

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is a delta wing interceptor aircraft, not a medium range bomber. Yet when a unique event involving this airplane occurred…