Operation Iceberg, The Largest Amphibious Invasion In The Pacific
Two Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines advance on Wana Ridge on 18 May 1945. Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa was the…
Joseph Medicine Crow, Completed All Requirements To Become The Last Crow War Chief In WWII
According to the Crow Nation, a man has to do four things in order to become a war chief: (1) touch an enemy without killing…
Youngest Vietnam War US Marine Was 14 Years Old, He Was Killed In Action Age 15
The story of an underage US Marine who fought in the Vietnam War has been uncovered. Dan Bullock joined the US Marines so that he…
5 Epic One-Man Dare Devil Rampages In The History in War
The mood of war is one of frustration, chagrin, and uncertainty. Some choose to fight on to the bitter end, even snatching victory from seemingly…
22 Gut Wrenching Images Of Bombers That Didn’t Make It Home
Douglas A-20J-10-DO (S/N 43-10129) of the 409th or 416th Bomb Group after being hit by flak over Germany. It burst into flames and crashed a mile…
Amazing! WWII Bunker Cut In Half To Create War Memorial
Bunker 599 located in the Netherlands was cut in half and has been turned into an artistic war memorial. Originally built in 1939, the bunker…
A Veteran Of The Normandy Landings – To brightly shine again?
During 2015 we saw the world remember the events of seventy years earlier and the end of World War 2, each passing day we lose…
Why You Can’t Take Selfies At Auschwitz
A British novelist and journalist, Anthony Horowitz, recently made a plea for the banning of self-photography – the taking of “selfies” – at the Auschwitz…
Conqueror Tank Memorial in the Grounds of the Wheatcroft Collection’s Head Office
The Wheatcroft Collections founder, Kevin Wheatcroft has been planning for a long time to recreate a ‘tank bank’ as became so popular after the First…
Last Survivor of the Treblinka Death Camp Revolt Dies at 93
The last remaining survivor of the revolt at the Nazi death camp Treblinka, Samuel Willenberg, died in Israel this month at the age of 93.…
When Parents Named Their Children After Famous WWI Battles
The WW I was a traumatic event in Europe. It left an indelible mark on Europeans and others around the world. The events of the…
Almost Half A Million Axis POWs Were Kept In The United States
The Germans were surprised at how many Russian POWs they had in such a short interval of time. Almost 3,000,000 people suddenly fell into their…