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DEVOTION – An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice – Review by Mark Barnes

This latest book by Adam Makos has all the ingredients of a Christmas period chart topper. His track record is pretty solid to say the…

Gandhi’s Letters to Adolf Hitler

Mahatma Gandhi believed he could achieve his objectives through non-violent means. Adolf Hitler believed in the exercise of military might and the power of rhetoric.…

Forging, then Forgetting, – The Alliance Between Serbia and France in WWI

On the banks of the Danube and Sava rivers stands a statue of a woman, her hands balled into fists, underneath which a plaque contains…

WOW! High School Football Game Stopped Because US student Wanted To Thank World War Two Veterans

A student from a Louisiana high school stopped a game of football at the school because he wanted to thank the World War Two veterans…

‘It made me a wiser person’ Marine Corps veteran discusses lessons from service during Vietnam War

By Jeremy P. Ämick While attending Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., in the fall of 1965, Ron Saucier and a group of friends decided…

New York suburb reveals its Nazi past through discriminatory housing bylaws requiring that homeowners have German ancestry

The 1930s was a decade that saw the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany. In the small suburb of Yaphank, NY,…

The Vickers Light MKVI B – Quite Useless As A Fighting Tank

The first mass-produced British tank. Being, in terms of numbers, the most significant British tank at the outbreak of war, the Mark VIB saw service…

The North Korean Mystery Town In The Demilitarized Zone

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea has long become synonymous with the battle between east and west. However, a mystery town has…

10 Things You Never Knew About WWII

Everyone learns about World War II from their high school history classes. It’s inevitable. Hitler’s tyranny, the Holocaust, the attack on Pearl Harbor; these events…

You Got To See This: 5 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Fighters Fly In Formation!

Listen to the sound of freedom as 5 restored P-47 Thunderbolt Fighters take to the skies at the 2005 Planes of Fame Museum airshow at Chino, California.…

Iranian Embassy Siege and More – Top 8 SAS Operations (We Know About)

The Special Air Service (SAS) was founded by Colonel David Stirling in 1941 as a regiment of the British Army. They were originally a commando…

IN MY FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS – Review by Mark Barnes

IN MY FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS

Events in Normandy and the disaster at Arnhem tend to have a superficial effect of diverting attention away from the overall campaign of 21st Army…