13 Year Old Teenager Interviews World War Two Veterans for Local TV
A teenage school student is interviewing World War Two veterans and plans to air the interviews on his local television channel, LakeSumter TV. Benjamin Mack-Jackson…
The Battle of Actium: Agrippa’s Victory, Octavian’s Glory
Rome after Caesar’s death was a place of great uncertainty. Caesar had a long road to secure power and had finally secured it, and seemed…
Escape From Sobibor Death Camp
The Nazi extermination camp, Sobibór, was located in the modern borders of Poland, in a region which was named Lublin during the German occupation. It…
Did You Know? Poland’s Boy Scouting Association formed a resistance army in WWII & fought in the Warsaw Uprising, assassinated SS officials & liberated a concentration camp
Gray Ranks” was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association during World War II. The wartime organisation was created on 27 September 1939, actively resisted…
Exploring and Liberating Hitlers House, The 101st Airborne at Berchtesgaden
On May 8, 1945, the American 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment arrived in Berchtesgaden. It was led by Company C. The 3rd Battalion…
This Devil Doc Jumped on a Live Grenade in Vietnam to Save His Beloved Marines
The relationship between Marines and their Navy Corpsmen affectionately referred to as, “Doc”, is unique to say the least. The Marine Corps prides itself on…
Blisteringly sexy, she killed Nazis with her bare hands and had a 5 million-franc bounty on her head
The books and moments of history are filled with memorable names, courageous figures, and moments of sheer ingenuity. Yet not all names are as well…
Didn’t Know This: giving the Nazi salute in modern day Germany is punishable for up to 3 yrs in prison.
The Nazi salute or Hitler salute (German: Hitlergruß – literally Hitler Greeting) is a gesture that was used as a greeting in Nazi Germany. The…
WWII Soldier Killed Just 8 Days Before Germany Surrendered Featured in Education Program
Richard Padgett was born into a wealthy family in the town of Walterboro in Colleton County, South Carolina on 16th February 1923. Called Paul by…
The Glory Days of East Berlin’s Stasi football club: Berliner FC Dynamo
Back in the days of the USSR and the German Democratic Republic, East German football teams were often named after the factories they represented. FC…
Gary Powers – Not A Cold War Hero To All Americans
Gary Powers became (in)famous as the American spy-plane pilot who was shot down by the Russians, in 1960. In 1957, American President Dwight D. Eisenhower…
Auschwitz Concentration Camp: 71 Years Since Liberation
Auschwitz concentration camp, the most notorious of the Nazi death camps, was liberated 71 years ago, on 27 January 1945. For five years it had…