5 Battles Where Fighting Spirit Overcame the Odds
Battles can be lost for a hundred different reasons. Poor numbers, unwise strategy, inferior weapons, the list goes on. But just occasionally, a fighting force…
Bagpiper Millin: Some Germans who claimed to have seen him didn’t shoot because they believed he was crazy!
Bill Millin, aged 21, was considered to be unarmed on June 6th, 1944 as he jumped from the landing slope in Normandy on Sword Beach.…
Devon D-Day Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday By Skydiving For Charity
“Actually, I wanted to do it 10 years ago, but I got talked out of it. But I was determined that on my hundredth birthday…
The Controversial, Failed Easter Rising That Changed the World
The Easter Rising of 1916 is a controversial event, down even to when it should be celebrated. Tradition dictates that it is to be celebrated…
U.S. Secretary of State Visits Memorial at Hiroshima
This month, John Kerry became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the Japanese city of Hiroshima. At a press conference held after a…
US Marine Dog Lucca Awarded the World’s Highest Honor for Service Dogs for Heroism
Lucca, A US Marine German shepherd, was awarded the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) Dickin Medal for her heroism as a US Marine service dog…
Caligula, Arminius and Vercingetorix Rome’s Most Hated Persons
Rome hated a lot of people over the thousands of years it held power, so this list is far from comprehensive, feel free to add…
WWII Stories: Fate of the Guernsey Man Who Punched German Soldier Finally Discovered . . . After 70 Years
The fate of Guernsey man Sidney Ashcroft was finally discovered 70 years after he got deported from his then Nazi-occupied home island for punching a…
28 Most Amazing Battle of Leyte Gulf Pictures You Have Not Seen Before!
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought from October 23-26 1944 and was the largest naval battle of World War II. It may well be…
The Rogue British Officer Who Broke All the Rules Founded the SAS and was Nicknamed by the Germans, “The Phantom Major”
If there hadn’t been a global war for survival taking place, Major David Stirling is the type of British Officer who would have been thrown…
Amazing pictures of Shot Down Luftwaffe Planes during the Battle of Britain
During the Battle of Britain, it is estimated that the Royal Air Force shot down 1887 German planes. Some planes crashed nose-first into the ground…
WWII B-26 Pilot Flew 75 Missions In The “Widow-maker”
Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Leon Leshay grew up in Massachusetts. He studied science at a Rhode Island college, where he had an opportunity to…