Operation Jericho – A Rescue Mission Which Turned Into A Bloodbath
Operation Jericho was an air raid conducted by the RAF with the goal of freeing the captives of the Nazi-held Amiens prison in France. The…
First African American to Earn The Navy Cross Was a Cook Firing .50-Caliber Machine Guns at Japanese Bombers At Pearl Harbor
World War 2 will long be remembered as the epitome of total war, total gallantry, and total brutality. It spared none based on their ethnic…
Carrier Operations In the Pacific – 22 Amazing Picture you MAY Not have Seen Before !?!
The war in the Pacific was, for the first time, a war of Aircraft Carriers. They took over the leading role from the battleships which…
10 Interesting Facts About The End Of The First World War
Here are ten interesting facts about the Armistice, that ended WW II. 1- The Kiel Mutiny and German Revolution was the final blow to the…
Top 15 Worst Nazis
The Third Reich, which lasted from 1933 to 1945, was one of the most, if not the evilest regime in history. It attracted some of…
Seven-meter Torpedo Found At Scapa Flow Linked To Sinking Of HMS Royal Oak
A seven-meter torpedo was discovered last month in Scapa Flow, a shallow-bottomed bay sheltered by Scotland’s northern islands. Experts believe that the torpedo was fired…
Fellowship of combat – Jefferson City paratrooper killed in action during second tour in Vietnam
By Jeremy P. Amick March 30 of each year has been designated in Missouri law as Vietnam Veterans Day, a brief moment in time “designed…
Henry Mucci’s rescue of POWs from Cabanatuan Prison Camp
On the face of it, it looked to be a rescue mission with little chance of success. Reports had filtered through of the most terrible…
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Caesar Won a Civil War While Outnumbered Two to One
The Battle of Pharsalus was one of the most important in Julius Caesar’s career. Fought on the 9th of August 48 BC, it was the…
Forgotten History: Night Witches – All Female 588th Night Bomber Regiment
In the west we know little about the Soviet efforts fighting the Nazi’s. We know about the battle of Stalingrad and the battle of Leningrad…
10 Interesting Facts On the Race to Berlin
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…
The Only Known Recording of Hitler’s Normal Speaking Voice, As He talks to Marshal of Finland Mannerheim
The Hitler and Mannerheim Recording is a recording, made in secret, of a conversation between Adolf Hitler and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in 1942. Thor…