Top 5 Facts About The M1 Garand
The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…
JF Kennedy’s PT-109 – Towing A Wounded Crew Member To Safety With His Teeth For 3.5 Miles Before Going For Help
In 1963, Warner Bros. released a film about the WWII sinking of JF Kennedy’s Patrol Torpedo (PT) boat. Called ‘PT 109’ the film was the…
How to Lose the War in 100 Days – Give The Eastern Front to Himmler
The headline may come to a surprise to many. Wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…
Incredible battlefield relics of the Eastern Front
Germany and Russia both lost much of their territory as a result of World War I, though Russia suffered the most. Russia made peace with…
10 of The Coolest Things Ever Said In War – Being Slightly Understated Here….
Hollywood doesn’t own all of the coolest lines in WWII films. The most profound things, and in many cases, understated comments are made by those…
Canary Girls – Women Munition Workers In WWI Turned Yellow And Gave Birth To Yellow Babies
It is sadly something you might see in reimagined Wizard of Oz – girls in ruffled hats, full skirts, puffy sleeves, and Peter Pan collars…
What You Should Know About The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers
Many nations have special monuments to soldiers who fell in battle and whose bodies have never been recovered or identified. The United Kingdom has the…
Former Cultybraggen POW Camp Huts Sold As Holiday Homes
Residents of the small Highland village of Comrie in Scotland have recently exercised their legal right to buy shares in a piece of Second World…
WWII Paratrooper Receives Awards the Day Before his Death
A SAS veteran has passed away only a day after being awarded France’s highest acknowledgements for bravery in battle – the white cross and the…
Russian bombers Buzz USS Ronald Raegan Near Korean Peninsula
Reports from the Korean Peninsula suggest that two Russian Air Force Tupolev bombers have flown within the airspace of a US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS…
Japanese-American World War Two internment camp revealed
A distant memory from World War Two is the internment camp in Colorado, USA, which held over 7,000 Japanese-American citizens during the war. The prisoners…
Alexander the Great’s Elite Hand-Picked Expert Troops: Silver Shields
Alexander the Great was one of the most talented generals who ever existed, but he was helped a great deal by his exceptional army. While…