US Marines To Investigate Mistaken Identity Claim In Iwo Jima Photograph
This image was snapped by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on 23rd February 1945, during a lull in the fighting in one of the fiercest…
The Trip Of A Lifetime: Bomber Camp 2016 – Last Tickets!
Bomber Camp 2016 presents Battle of the Bombers! Be a part of history as a flight crew member in the B-17 Flying Fortress or the…
12 Steps On The Road to WWII In Vintage Propaganda Posters!
I. 28 June 1919- Treaty of Versailles The peace treaty of Versailles was a humiliation for Germany. There are those who believe that the peace treaty…
This WWII US Fighter Pilot Knows His Stuff, Shoots Down A ME-262 Jet Fighter! (Watch)
This amazing U.S. gun-camera footage shows an American fighter firing at a German Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter jet. These planes would normally fly at speeds…
Nazi Germany’s Last Super Heavy Tank: The Panzerkampfwagen E-100
Nearing the end of WWII, Germany maintained the belief that super tanks could reverse the war’s outcome and help them emerge victorious. The Panzerkampwagen E-100…
6 Assassination Attempts on Hitler
While Adolf Hitler garnered much approval in his early days of leadership, many Germans soon began to see the folly of keeping such a man…
Has this German Man Found the Fabled Nazi Atom Bombs?
Peter Lohr, a 70-year-old German retired mechanical engineer, believes that he has located atomic bombs hidden in a tunnel in central Germany. He claims to…
Couple’s World War I Love Letters Become BBC Radio Drama
The BBC has produced a radio drama based on the real-life love letters a couple exchanged during World War I. Eric Appleby, an engineering student…
US Sailor’s Remains Return Home After 72 Years In “Known Unto God” Grave
When Don Franklin was a boy in Willmar, Minnesota, he rode in the basket of his uncle John E. Anderson’s bicycle. Now Franklin is 77…
Congress Passes Legislation Finally Allowing WASP Burials in Arlington
Legislation has passed Congress allowing the cremated remains of women who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.…
The long march to Equality – African Americans in the US Military
The term “Buffalo Soldier” refers to African-American soldiers that served in the US Army. At first, the African-Americans fought in the late stages of the…
Did You Know About This WWII Shipping Disaster? It Was Deadlier Than Titanic & Lusitania Combined!
The Titanic was one of the greatest maritime tragedies and the sinking of the Lusitania was a wartime catastrophe. Both events, while disastrous, lost far…