WWII WASP Women Pilots Denied A Place In Arlington National Cemetery
The first women pilots’ organisation – called the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was set up in Britain, early in 1940. The idea behind the service…
A Nightmarish Place – The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp
The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp lies just North of Linz, in Austria. It was one of the first large concentration camps created in Nazi Germany and…
They Shot Each Other Down Then Depended On Each Other For Survival In The Norwegian Wilderness
Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…
How To Build The M3 Grant Tank (1942)
This clip from 1942 shows the production of the medium Tank M3 “Grant” in the Chrysler Tank Arsenal, Detroit. The Medium Tank M3 was an…
Top 10 Most Feared Weapons Of WWII?
During World War II the Allies and Axis powers raced with each other to produce the most devastating and terrifying weapons. Many of them gave…
Why The US Dumped Helicopters Overboard During the Vietnam War
Operation Frequent Wind, the largest helicopter evacuation on record, begins removing the last Americans from Saigon. The North Vietnamese had launched their final offensive in…
3 Wars That Paved the Way for World War I
The First World War was devastating in its scope and utterly unlike what national leaders expected. As such, it was seen by many as an…
Germans divided over the fate of Hitler’s Nuremberg rally site
Authoritarian States often use architecture to remind citizens of their relative insignificance, and of the might and grandeur of the State itself. The Romans did…
World War One Warfare & The Revival of the Helmet
When World War One broke out, the troops never realized just how violent and devastating the weapons of the 20th century would be. The front…
PBJ Bomber to be Restored One Last Time And Put On Display
During a training run on June 6th, 1944, the crew in a Navy/Marine PBJ-1J bomber dipped low to the water over Lake Greenwood, South Carolina…
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Rome’s greatest defeat
Varus was crushed. His feet and hands and mind were numb with the freezing rain. His legions, so splendid and untouchable only days before, were…
“HAMMERING HANK” takes on 22 planes by himself over Wake Island, then leads infantry in a desperate last stand.
Henry Talmage “Hammerin’ Hank” Elrod (September 27, 1905–December 23, 1941) was a US Marine Corps aviator. He was the first aviator to receive the Medal…