Japanese Fire Balloons and the Tragic Tale of the Last WWII Casualties on US Soil
The Revolutionary and the Civil War tore North America apart, but the World Wars and most subsequent conflicts have been largely fought beyond its borders –…
The Murky Fate Of Gestapo Chief And Nazi War Criminal Heinrich Müller
A veil of mystery follows the name “Heinrich Muller” since his disappearance in 1945, after the fall of Berlin. Mueller was the head of Gestapo…
MUST READ – Commander Rudder (2nd Rangers) 10 years later – I Took My Son to Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach
FROM HISTORIES OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS PREPARED BY THE ARMY HISTORICAL DIVISION. – By W. C. HEINZ Thank you to our friends at OldMagazineArticles.com for…
A Veteran From WWII Meets Man He Saved From A Concentration Camp 7 Decades Ago (Watch)
It was a remarkable reunion, and one that was thankfully caught on camera. A brave World War II veteran from Colorado met with a Holocaust survivor…
The Secrets Locked inside a Shipwrecked Trumpet
It doesn’t look like the sort of object that might contain historical secrets, locked away inside. In fact, it looks more like something you could find…
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…
Remembering Sir Nicholas Winton, British “Schindler” Who Rescued Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust
Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…
Communist Spy Kit Put on Display in Albania
Well-groomed and ramrod-straight, he had a great head of healthy, white hair. He easily could have been marked as a retired head teacher or postmaster.…
Fort Worth City Council Stops Plan To Bring Back a B-58 Hustler
Lack of cash and the ability of the Fort Worth Air Museum to repay a loan of $250,000 has stopped a project to transport a…
These 44 Pictures Of The German Side Show What The Allies Were Up Against On D-Day
In June 1944, the Western-Allies had a tough test to pass. They had to breach the formidable Atlantic Wall, defended by the mighty German army.…
Behind Enemy Lines – The 82nd and 101st Airborne On D-Day
The amphibious landings of D-Day were hours away when the first combat missions by the US Army started in France. The invasion of Normandy began…
FUSAG: Patton’s D-Day Army That Didn’t Exist
An army can help win a war without even existing. Strange as that may seem, this is exactly what happened in the case of the First United…