Criminal Careers Born From a Single Battle – Is One the Real Robin Hood
On 16 March 1322 a rebellion against King Edward II of England was crushed at the Battle Boroughbridge. Many rebel leaders, including the Earl of…
JF Kennedy’s PT-109 – Towing A Wounded Crew Member To Safety With His Teeth For 3.5 Miles Before Going For Help
In 1963, Warner Bros. released a film about the WWII sinking of JF Kennedy’s Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. Called ‘PT 109’ the film was the…
Canary Girls – Women Munition Workers In WWI Turned Yellow And Gave Birth To Yellow Babies
It is sadly something you might see in reimagined Wizard of Oz – girls in ruffled hats, full skirts, puffy sleeves, and Peter Pan collars…
What You Should Know About The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers
Many nations have special monuments to soldiers who fell in battle and whose bodies have never been recovered or identified. The United Kingdom has the…
Former Cultybraggen POW Camp Huts Sold As Holiday Homes
Residents of the small Highland village of Comrie in Scotland have recently exercised their legal right to buy shares in a piece of Second World…
WWII Paratrooper Receives Awards the Day Before his Death
A SAS veteran has passed away only a day after being awarded France’s highest acknowledgements for bravery in battle – the white cross and the…
Russian bombers Buzz USS Ronald Raegan Near Korean Peninsula
Reports from the Korean Peninsula suggest that two Russian Air Force Tupolev bombers have flown within the airspace of a US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS…
Top 5 Firearms That Changed The World
Some firearms have had such a great impact on global events that their very silhouette is synonymous with global events. This is a list of…
Japanese-American World War Two internment camp revealed
A distant memory from World War Two is the internment camp in Colorado, USA, which held over 7,000 Japanese-American citizens during the war. The prisoners…
The USSR: A Decisive Role During WWII – Part 1: 1941-1944
There is not one singular, conclusive reason for the decisiveness of the role of the USSR in the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany – more…
Auschwitz Love Story Between Nazi Guard & Jewish Prisoner Which Saved Her Life
An Auschwitz love story has emerged more than 70 years on from the depths of a Nazi concentration camp, where a Jewish prisoner fell in…
Trunk Containing Belongings of WWI Soldier Rediscovered A Century After; Auctioned Off
A trunk containing the belongings of a 28-year-old WWI soldier was recently rediscovered almost 100 years later after the Great War. Dubbed the “time capsule”…