The Battle of Stalingrad: The Battle that Broke Hitler
It was at the battle of Stalingrad that Hitler met his match, and was dealt a decisive blow, from which he couldn’t recover. The battle was a…
Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
Just after midnight on the 30th July 1945, Japanese torpedoes slammed into the hull of the USS Indianapolis and twelve minutes later this proud vessel…
Operation Cobra – The Battle That Opened The Way For An Allied Victory In France
Operation Cobra was as important to the Allied war in France than the D-Day landings themselves. The success of the battle was the moment the…
Residents Must Pay for Nazi-era Street
In suburban Dusseldorf, there is a street called Auf’m Rott. It was first laid in 1937 by the Nazi government. The residents of that street…
The Surge – a new documentary mini-series about the Iraq war planned for TV
A new made-for-television mini-series from Samuel Goldwyn Films is on the drawing board. Michael Emerson is currently searching for a writer who will be able…
MoH: Despite Serious Wounds, Paul Bolden Took Out 35 German SS Troops In The Bulge
To be clear, the number would have only been 20 had the German SS taken Bolden up on his act of mercy. For after gunning…
The German Infantry Squad in Action – A Demonstration of Minor Field Tactics
The U.S. Army translated the German field manual and made this training film in 1944 to teach their soldiers how to fight the Germans as…
Cutting Off Nazi Oil Production – The Incredibly Costly Ploiesti Mission – Pictures
In the midst of WW2, on August 1, 1943, the Ploiesti Oil Raid took place over Romania. It was a USAAF Operation with the codename “Tidal…
How a band of German Pirates Captured 15 Ships During World War 1
On Christmas day, 1916 a Norwegian clipper ship, the Irma, was boarded by the British cruiser, Avenger. There was nothing particularly unusual, the captain spoke…
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…
Veteran Returns to the Skies in B-24 Bomber
The last time Willard Hunzeker flew in a B-24, it was 1945. World War II was nearing its end, and the 22-year-old navigator was on…
The Naval Historian Who Discovered More to the Story of the Sinking of the Indianapolis
This summer, Dr. Richard Hulver, a historian for Naval History and Heritage Command, discovered new information about the sinking of the World War II cruiser…