The Notorious Andersonville Confederate POW Camp Where 13,000 Died and Henry Wirz
“Hang Him” and “Remember Andersonville” were epithets screamed by former Union prisoners of war at the hanging, on 10th November 1895, of one of America’s…
Elite Cavalry Units of the Ancient World
Prior to gunpowder and efficient pike squares, cavalry had a key impact on the battlefield. Cavalry was utilized differently based on their training, equipment, and…
Fleet Admiral Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief Was Fiercely Opposed to Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan
Before the official establishment of the position of Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States Military in 1947, there served a man who…
Hanbury Crater: Britain’s biggest WWII explosion site 71 years on
Seismologists in Switzerland at first thought it was an earthquake, hardly guessing the seismograph recorded the effects of a massive explosion in far distant England.…
The Strangest, Funniest, Eccentric and Odd Habits Of Stalin, Hitler, Churchill and FDR
Admit it, finding little-known funny, eccentric and odd habits, obsessions and facts about men who carved their places in history is both amusing and interesting.…
Beer Bombers: Boys Will Be Boys and Soldiers Needed Their Beer!
Only a few days after the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the dust and heat of the tortured area stirred up quite a thirst…
John Capes, In WWII When His Submarine Sank He Swam 170 feet To The Surface and Swam 5 miles To Shore.
During WWII, John Hawtrey Capes said he have saved three crew members of a sunken submarine. He was given a British Empire Medal for Meritorious…
Time for an argument!!!!! Top Ten Worst Aircraft of WWII….incoming!!!
For the most part, the aircraft at the top of the WW II era are easily accessible and known by anyone who has studied, or…
Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm in the Egyptian Red Sea
By Super Jolly for War History Online: Underwater for 68 years, a snap shot in time and beautifully preserved WWII cargo so desperately needed by Allied…
The ‘perfect Aryan’ Nazi Propaganda Baby Was Actually Jewish
When Hitler took control over Germany, he was striving for Aryan perfection and wanted to get rid of the Jewish influence. With that in mind,…
Historic Guernsey Fort for sale – Bring £2 million
The island of Guernsey, situated off the coast of Normandy is a British Crown Dependency. It is not a part of the British Isles but…
A Man’s Letter to his Family During World War Two Made Public
A young man who was in his 20s during his service aboard the USS Doyen a fast attack transport in World War II decided to write…