21 Sad Images Of Bombed Out Cologne – You Wouldn’t Have Seen Many Of These Images Before
The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II, including 31 times by the Royal…
Why Did the French Army Collapse So Quickly? – Omnibooks Magazine, 1942
This article from Omnibooks Magazine, published in 1942, looks back on the fall of France Q. Why did France fall? A. Because the French people…
The Day the U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Captured Spy Ship
In Pyongyang, the North Korean Government keeps a trophy from 1968. Moored on the Botong River, alongside the Pyongyang Victorious War Museum sits the USS…
Brightlingsea Searching for Information on Anzacs Stationed There in WWI
Australian soldiers stationed in Britain during World War I caught the interest of quite a few English girls. Residents Brightlingsea are looking for the descendants…
A Recollection of Doolittle Raid’s Impact on World War II
On April 18th, the Doolittle Raiders were honored during a ceremony that commemorated the 74th anniversary of their Tokyo raid during World War II. The…
The End of an Era – The Sack of Rome
Rome, the city that had ruled the world, was in chaos. To the north-west, a great pillar of dirty smoke rose skywards from the Gardens…
Korean War: The US Pilot Who Chased a MiG to China To Shoot It Down
James Robinson “Robbie ” Risner was an American military pilot, a double recipient of the Air Force Cross and a hero of the Korean and…
Even Germans Recommended Him For VC: Irish Guard Grabbed The Machine Gun From Disabled Tank, Held Jerries At Bay For 20 Minutes
A nation can desire for a war to be over all they want, but the inevitable fact of war is that the enemy always gets…
Soviet Cosmonauts Went Armed Into Orbit – You Will Be Surprised Why!
If someone told you that Soviet cosmonauts were going to space armed with something that looks like a sawed-off three-barrel shotgun, would you consider it…
You know these, right?! 11 House Hold Names That Worked With The Nazis During WWII
Kodak The famous camera company’s German branch actually used slave labor from German concentration camps. Several European branches of Kodak did extensive business with the…
The Food Fight That Almost Started World War III – The Berlin Airlift
June 25, 1948, the Soviet Union, flush with the success of driving the Nazis out of Russia, was becoming piqued at the US and British.…
First World War mystery of Kipling’s son solved
The rural English village of Burwash in the county of Sussex is well-known because of its association with Rudyard Kipling. The famous author of ‘The…