Action T4 – Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Programme That Murdered The Disabled and The Mentally Ill
In October 1939, Adolf Hitler signed a decree that enabled Nazi Germany to forcefully euthanize patients who they deemed were “unworthy of life”. After the…
Tommy Prince Was So Quiet, Sometimes Instead Of Killing Germans He Would Steal Their Shoes
Tommy Prince was born on October 15th, 1915, in Scanterbury Manitoba Canada in a family of eleven siblings. He left school at an early age…
10 Facts – A Place of Tension Between Nations – The Korean Demilitarized Zone
For most of the world, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) serves as a reminder of the Korean War, a war that was fought in the…
The Awesome Power of the Ancient Roman Navy Was So Great, It Even Won Sieges
Most people’s image of a siege is of a conflict fought entirely on land. But in the ancient era, when most of the great cities…
The American CIA Attempted to Assassinate Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Using a Scuba-Diving Suit
The U.S. National Security Archive has published information that the CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro using a diving suit contaminated with Madura foot fungus…
The Mysterious Death of the Legendary Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
While the Battle of Chancellorsville was Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory, it was the beginning of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s ultimate defeat. On May 2, 1863, Confederate…
Holocaust: The Third Reich and the Gypsies
Before Hitler targeted and mass slaughtered the Jews in the Holocaust, the Third Reich first victimized the Gypsies – the Roma and the Sinti –…
The Death Of A Medieval Grand Master – An Ancient Order of Knights Falls In A Merciless Last Battle
For more than two hundred years the might of the Order of Teutonic Knights had been steadily growing. It was forged in 1190, in the…
I Survived A Firing Squad – The Terrifying Ordeal of One WW2 Soldier
Can you imagine what it must be like to be marched out to face a firing squad, say goodbye to your closest friend who is…
Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne Battles South of Veghel In WW2 Operation Market Garden (Part 1)
The date is September 24th, 1944, Operation Market Garden has dragged on into its 6th day and the Germans are about to begin their last…
Hobart’s Funnies – Weird Tanks From WWII That Made The Difference On D-Day
‘Hobart’s Funnies’ were tanks, the brainchild creation of Percy Hobart, nicknamed ‘Hobo.’ In the end, they played a vital role in the success of the…
8 Reasons for the French Military Disaster at Dien Bien Phu
Arrogance. Ignorance. Poor planning. These were the weapons with which French commanders fought the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and with which they ensured their…