The 6 Most Fascinating Pieces Of Technology Used In The American Civil War
Wars throughout the decades have been accelerators of new technology. However, looking at the American Civil War, it is not what we see today. The…
MoH: G. Timmerman Sacrificed Himself To Save His Tank Crew From Hand Grenade
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Grant Timmerman had already served a 4-year enlistment in the Marine Corps. However, Timmerman was…
Top 20 Images Of The Battle Of The Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was fought from 16 December 1944 until – 25 January 1945 and was the last German offensive launched on the…
The Real Fury: Patton’s Disastrous Hammelburg Raid to Free His Son-in-Law
In February 1943, the U.S. Army had its first major engagement with the forces of Nazi Germany ending with their disastrous defeat at Kasserine Pass…
DIDN’T KNOW THIS!! Kept secret throughout the war, US naval base at Ulithi was for a time the world’s largest naval facility
On March 1945, the largest convoy of US Navy ships and personnel sailed from a base in the Pacific Ocean. Where was this base? This…
Must See: Amazing Stock Footage Of the Siege of Bastogne
The Ardennes Offensive was a last ditch attempt by the German army to halt the Allied advance across western Europe. The plan called for a…
Himmler’s Witches Library Discovered in the Czech Republic
The library of books about the occult accumulated by Heinrich Himmler, Nazi SS chief, was discovered last year in the Czech Republic. Since the end…
Hero Who Wouldn’t Surrender Received Posthumous Victoria Cross
Every soldier who braved the battlefields of World War I is a hero. Among the soldiers from Chichester, West Sussex, there is one who…
“Cheap” Purple Heart to be Returned to Owner’s Family [Sold for $4.99 at Goodwill]
A Purple Heart, sold for $4.99, will soon be reunited with the family of the man it was awarded to. Shopping isn’t a big errand…
After More Than Half a Century, World War II Drydock to find a new Home
The Richland drydock, in use in the Pacific since World War II, was moved to the Philippines from Naval Base Guam in January. The 467-ton…
Sappers and Siege engines – Ivan the Terrible Conquers The city of Kazan
The army had been in place under the city walls for weeks. Ivan the Fourth, Tsar of all the Russians, accompanied his force in the…
Sinking the Tirpitz, Sister to the Bismarck and the Heaviest European Battleship Ever
The story of the World War II German battleship Bismarck is legendary. The massive warship was destroyed by British ships and planes and then scuttled…