When The Allies Attacked Oran And Were Annihilated By Vichy French Soldiers
After the fall of France during WWII, a puppet regime was established, with its administrative center in the town of Vichy, declaring itself The Vichy…
Vietnam Green Beret Had 37 Separate Bullet, Bayonet, & Shrapnel Wounds & Still He Carried On Fighting
Master Sergeant Raul “Roy” Perez Benavidez was shot several times, suffered two grenade blasts, and got bayonetted while saving the lives of eight men. Despite…
Coventry and Stalingrad, the first cities to be ‘twinned’: How it began, and how long it may continue
During WWII, Coventry (England) and Stalingrad (Soviet Union) joined together to become the world’s first twinned cities. The union between the two cities was a…
Last surviving Dambuster Pilot Calls For Medal Not Clasp In Recognition Of Bomber Command veterans
The last surviving British Dambuster bomber pilot is furious with Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to appropriately recognize Bomber Command veterans and their contribution to victory…
U.S. WWII veterans share their war stories at B-29 bomber “FiFi”
Three U.S. veterans share their memories of their experiences and the important role of the B-29 bomber in their war service. This plane played a remarkable…
Fighting Filipinos: Philippine Resistance Against the Japanese Occupation
Did the Japanese really conquer the Philippines during the Second World War? Well, they certainly defeated the American and Filipino forces following the fighting that…
Black Hawk Down: The amazing & sad story of the MoH recipients – the 1st since the Vietnam war.
The situation was grim on the afternoon of October 3rd, 1993. Things had been wrong from the beginning – what was supposed to have been…
Damn the Torpedoes- Full Speed Ahead
The Battle of Mobile Bay was a naval battle of the American Civil War, which held great strategic importance in the summer of 1864. It was…
With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima and Earned the Medal of Honor
The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine. While one could find many examples from…
10 Iconic WWII Aerial Photos Then and Now
With the aid of Google Earth, we have revised 10 iconic Second World War locations that were immortalised in aerial photographs. Cologne Cathedral 1944 /…
12 Little Known Facts about WWI
The Great War may have fascinated us with its bloody bloodbaths and trench warfare, but these 12 little-known facts about tell us that there was more…
Obsessed with the ’40s, Looking for a Man
Finding a man is hard. Finding a man that shares your enthusiasm for the WWII era is harder. Finding a man that is willing to…