The Lasting Effects of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The exact death toll of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not known. Reports say the total combined death toll of the…
WWI Canary Babies Were Borne Yellow Because Their Mothers Worked As Munitionettes
The last surviving ‘Canary Babies’ have told their story of how their skin was a tinge of yellow after their mothers worked in explosives factories…
Capturing “The Heart Of The Fascist Beast” – May 2nd 1945
Berlin, the heart of the Reich didn’t fall easily. The Red Army was pushing aggressively through the German territory, stronger than ever, but the German…
Fall of Saigon – The Decisive End of the Vietnam War
World War II ended officially on 2nd September 1945. On the surface, harmony was restored in most of the world, and all out efforts were…
The Supermarine Spitfire: From WWII’s Greatest Battles All the Way to the Silver Screen
All of the greatest man-made inventions have stood the test of time. They remain living testaments to the evolutionary process and creative innovation of some…
Thousands of tons of unexploded Second World War bombs in Germany
German bomb-disposal experts are the busiest in the world. Each year they deal with more than 2,000 tons of high explosives – mainly Second World…
D-Day Soldier Honored by the Normandy Locals He Helped to Liberate
Private George Hanks – a farmer from Wendlbury near Bicester in Oxfordshire, who volunteered with the 5th Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckshire Light Infantry…
The Royal Brothers, Both Fought In WWI But They Had Vastly Different Experiences
Edward, Prince of Wales and Prince Albert, brothers both of whom became king of England, each served in the military during World War I.…
World War I Ammunition Bunker Found in Cape May
Few motorists know that, at the end of the busy Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, they are driving over an area that held the…
That Other Time the U.S. Considered Invading the OPEC Countries
In 1973, The oil embargo was enforced against the U.S. by the Arab oil-producing states because they were unhappy with the aid the U.S. supplied to…
10 Largely Forgotten First World War Facts
In these centennial years of the First World war, lets look back at some of the more unknown facts about WW1. Were the Generals leading the…
Living Legacies: the Real Band of Brothers Vets Who Just Won’t Quit
There are those who merely exist in life, simply going through the motions and completing the average tasks required for another day. Then there are…