John McCrae: Officer, Doctor, and Author of WWIs Most Famous Poem
More so than any other modern war and certainly more than any war fought before it, The First World War was the age of the “war…
A Kiwi Victory: Minesweepers Moa and Kiwi Bag a Japanese Sub By Repeatedly Ramming It
During WWII the Japanese Navy changed its communication codes on a regular basis, this was a mammoth task as new codebooks had to be transferred…
Dresden Pays Its Respect to the Victims of the 1945 Allied Firebombing Attack
Dresden is a city located in eastern Germany that recently paid its respects to the thousands of people who were victims of the Allied firebombing…
A Staggering 1,085 WWII Airmen Died in the Netherlands and Remain Missing
Dutch broadcaster NOS and other war experts have conducted research that supports a claim that says upwards of 1,085 airmen remain missing in the Netherlands.…
Many Australian Soldiers Died in the Battle of Pozieres; It is Time to Honor Them
One of the bloodiest battles in World War I took place in the small French village of Pozieres. Records show that almost as many Australians…
A Soldier’s Grave Uncovered From The Civil War
Within Osceola County an unexpected and historic grave marker from the Civil War era has been uncovered. The community is going to put together something…
British Adventurer Crashes Vintage Biplane in Arizona
Tracey Curtis-Taylor, a 54-year-old British adventurer, was flying her World War II vintage biplane across the U.S. when it crashed in the Arizona Desert. She…
What if the Teutoburg Disaster Didn’t Happen?
“What if” history questions can be a divisive. Some view them as an exercise in futility, a place where no serious historians should go. Others…
Le Paradis – Where the SS Murdered 97 British Prisoners on May 27th 1940
In 1940, members of the British military were slaughtered – after they had surrendered to German forces. Two survived, but no one believed their story.…
Field Marshal Montgomery – “Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance, insufferable in victory”
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, widely known as Monty, was the foremost British commander of the Second World War. Popular with his troops, he was less…
We Were Soldiers: Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley – Veteran of WWII, Korea & Vietnam
Basil L. Plumley was a soldier as well as an airborne combat infantryman in the US Army. He eventually reached the rank of Command Sergeant…
The Evacuation of Dunkirk, The Evacuation That Saved The British Empire?
The events of May and early June 1940 were equal parts disaster and Miracle. For France, it was a complete disaster – a total military defeat by…