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Polish Resistance Fighter Who Fought Against Nazis & Soviets Finally Given State Funeral

The prime minister and other Polish government ministers attended the state burial of Col. Zygmunt Szendzielarz, a World War II resistance commander and victim of…

Jewish victims remains found underwater and interred in Budapest

Late 2011, renovations were being undertaken to the Margit Bridge in Budapest when divers, working on the bridge’s foundations found pieces of bone lodged around…

Big Changes Coming To First Division Museum at Cantigny Park

The mission statement for the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, Wheaton reads ´Preserve, Present, Promote. Our mission is to preserve, interpret and present to the…

Korean War Air force Veteran Receives Service Medals 60 Years Later

Air Force Korean War Veteran, Ronald G. DeBlase, said he learned he hated the ocean on a cross-Atlantic voyage. “When I got back, I went…

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…

Tora Tora Tora – The Best Pearl Harbor Movie Ever! – Facts, Figures and Goofs

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) is a film depicting the events of December 7, 1941, when Japan attacked the US Fleet at Pearl Harbour. The producers…

7 Oddest Weapons That Have Been Made In the Past

You might think that you know about all the unique military weapons that have been made to date, but human beings have a penchant for…

Landing the F/A-18 Hornet On The Road – The Finns Know What They Are Doing

The Finnish Air Force trains its pilots to land on the road in case of a war in which the airbases are taken out. Not…

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…

5 Things You Don’t Know: M1 Garand (Watch)

The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…