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New World War Two bombing map shows Blitz devastation

A new Ordnance Survey bombing map produced in the UK has been released showing the exact locations of all the bombs dropped by the German…

Nazi Hunters Work On Their Last Active Case In The US

Jakiw Palij lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City and is thought to have been a Nazi guard at one of the regime’s concentration…

Japanese Schindler Helped 5,580 Jews Escape The Holocaust Ended Up Selling Lightbulbs To Survive

Although Japan was one of the Axis Powers during WWII, one Japanese diplomat did his best to mitigate the horrors of his country’s ally, Nazi…

An Oklahoma 101st Airborne Airborne Veteran Remembers Bastogne

Veteran James Ahrend was a combat engineer with the 101st Airborne Division. Several years ago he went to Washington, D.C. to see the National World…

First He Shielded a Wounded Marine From a Grenade With His Body; Then He Gave His Life To Save Him

There are stories often left out of popular history, not because they don’t warrant attention but because someone in battle gave so much so soon…

12 Battles That Defined the Crusades

Andrew Knighton

The Crusades, Christian Europe’s attempt to drive back other nations and religions, were among the most ambitious and badly thought out campaigns in military history.…

KAL-007 – The Boeing 747 Shot Down By Soviet Fighters Over International Waters

Excerpt provided by Randy Luethye, author of the newly released 2nd Edition of “The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed.” It was the…

Upcoming War Movies this 2016 for the War Movie Enthusiasts!

Here’s our list of upcoming war movies this 2016 . . . our way of giving war movie enthusiasts a know-how of what to expect…

Valentine’s day sale of Napoleon’s marriage contract

Napolean Bonaparte was born in Corsica – at that time ruled by the French – in 1769. Napoleon’s parents were comfortably off, but by no…

Spitfire inspires next generation of British aviators on its 80th Birthday

March 5th 2016 marks the 80th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire. Southampton Airport, where the prototype first took to the skies in…

Japanese Soldiers Cannibalised US Airmen On Chichi Jima, WWII

The Japanese island of Chichi Jima lies in the Pacific Ocean, about 150 miles north of Iwo Jima. At 24 square kilometres, it is the…

7 Reasons the Conquistadors Beat the Incas

Andrew Knighton

Francisco Pizarro’s conquest of the Incan empire is one of the most extraordinary achievements in military history. In the space of a single day in…