WWII B-26 Pilot Flew 75 Missions In The “Widow-maker”
Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Leon Leshay grew up in Massachusetts. He studied science at a Rhode Island college, where he had an opportunity to…
55 quotes from Band of Brothers – hey Frank, this guy says the Germans are bad…..!!
Ronald Spiers: The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be…
WW II B-17 Survival Story – Virtually cut in half by a mid air collision with a German Fighter it got the crew home!
On February 1, 1943, there was a collision in mid-air between a B-17 bomber and a German fighter plane over the Tunis dock area in…
Did You Know That After the War, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Ky Owned a Liquor Store?
Though, among the most recent wars that captured the world’s attention, the Vietnam War is a remnant of history today – an era 50 years…
Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B – Jagdtiger – In Action!
The Herman Jagtiger tank destroyer was the heaviest armored vehicle produced during World War II. It weighed 72 tons and had a 128 mm gun.…
Robert Cole, Hero of The Carentan Bayonet Charge, Tragically Killed Two Weeks Before Being Awarded The Medal of Honor
Operation Market Garden would claim countless American lives in September of 1944, one of whom was a man set to receive the Medal of Honor…
Edelweiss Pirates: Nazi Germany’s Youth Resistance With Song, Dance And Sabotage
Every generation has its punk rock all-stars and the Edelweiss Pirates, the counter culture to the Hitler Youth, bring that to mind with an added…
The 12 Best Civil War Movies
150 years after its end, the Civil War remains one of the most important events in American history. It has been depicted countless times in…
Christopher Nolan’s Next Film: Dunkirk – A WWII Action Thriller
The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s next film is reportedly a WWII action thriller based on the legendary Miracle of Dunkirk Nolan is set to start filming…
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…