Beer Bombers: Boys Will Be Boys and Soldiers Needed Their Beer!
Only a few days after the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the dust and heat of the tortured area stirred up quite a thirst…
Korea: Marine Manned Machinegun Alone – Found Dead Next Morning With Over 200 Dead Enemies Around Him
The history of war is comprised of many occupational specialties necessary for military victory. Within the culture of Military Service, one would often find rivalries…
John Capes, In WWII When His Submarine Sank He Swam 170 feet To The Surface and Swam 5 miles To Shore
During WWII, John Hawtrey Capes said he have saved three crew members of a sunken submarine. He was given a British Empire Medal for Meritorious…
Historic Guernsey Fort for sale – Bring £2 million
The island of Guernsey, situated off the coast of Normandy is a British Crown Dependency. It is not a part of the British Isles but…
How SS Commando Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel
German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home. The only…
New Documents Reveal Cannibalism Took Place at Nazi Concentration Camps
During Harold Le Druillenec’s time at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, it was his job to throw bodies into graves. The Briton from the Jersey, in…
Tailwind pushed WW2 vintage Stearman into ditch, snarling Texas airport traffic
On April 3rd, a retired Marine, who was flying the classic biplane, had landed safely at the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport in Spring, Texas,…
Bell from Japanese I-400 Submarine Wreck Recovered Near Hawaii
Researchers have recovered the bronze bell of a Japanese submarine that was intentionally sunk off the coast of Hawaii by U.S. forces 70 years ago.…
The Battle of Morgarten – against all the Odds, One Small Army Changes the Course of Military History
The supremacy of heavy cavalry and mounted knights on the battlefield came to an end one cold November morning in 1315, and it began with…
Museum to Recover Halifax Bomber HR871 Found in Sweden
A Halifax HR871 bomber that crashed off the coast of Sweden in World War II will be recovered this summer if the weather holds. The…
The Italian Mercenary, Amleto Vespa, who Worked for the Japanese Secret Police
Amleto Vespa was one of the genuine adventurers of the first half of the twentieth century. It is important to stress that almost all sources…
The Misfit Who, On His First Mission, Became the First Enlisted Airman To Receive a Medal of Honor
Maynard Harrison “Snuffy” Smith was such a screw-up, he joined the US Army to avoid jail. He earned the nickname, “Snuffy Smith,” because no one…