As Australian As Mascots Get: Kangaroos In WWI & WWII
Other uniquely Australian animals and birds were smuggled by troops to the Egyptian and other First World War fronts, such as wallabies, kookaburras, koalas, and…
Jewish Avengers Post WWII: Planning Vengeance
Many Jews who survived the Holocaust went to the “Holy Land” (Israel and Palestine) to start a new life after the war. However, there were…
Heinrich Himmler’s Descendant who Defied her Family’s Nazi Legacy
“The family considered him the nice uncle,” said Katrin Himmler during an interview with the Neu Westfälischer newspaper in 2010. She shares a surname with…
Vietnam War Pilot Received MOH 5 Decades Later
He led a group of six helicopters into the fighting zone. The battle was still going on and the area was subject to heavy fire.…
A Heil Of A Laugh: Jokes And Humor In The Third Reich
Sometimes, in the worst of situations, all you can do is laugh. Humor and laughter are two things that are central to being human. Even…
In the Jungle: Helmet Art of the Vietnam War
Whether considered graffiti, artwork, or simply bored doodlings of young men forced to be soldiers in a land far from home, a soldier’s helmet was…
The Battle of Palmdale Where the U.S. Military was Embarrassed by a Single, Unarmed Opponent
The United States military does not like to talk about the Battle of Palmdale. It is undoubtedly one of the most embarrassing American military defeats…
The MOH Marine who Carried an Aircraft Machine Gun on Iwo Jima
Battlefield conditions often necessitate a number of things in order to achieve victory–inventiveness and courage. One US Marine that exemplified both of these characteristics was…
From the Luger to the Colt: Seven WWII Collectable Handguns
The hobby of gun collecting has existed almost as long as guns have. Rulers acquired carefully crafted weapons, their visual beauty often more important than…
A Flash in the Sky: Meet the Luftwaffe’s Arado Ar 234 Blitz
The German word Blitz means “lightning,” and it is a name well-deserved by the Ar 234 which continually swept through the Allied airspace with virtual…
The Officer Awarded The Military Cross in WWI, The Victoria Cross WWII
The fighting in East Africa was particularly difficult for European troops. The weather was blisteringly hot, and the terrain was extremely difficult to get through.…
Armored Fire: The E7-7 Mechanized Flamethrower
The first attempts to add flamethrowers to US tanks were made in 1943 when M1A1 flamethrowers were added to M3 Lee medium tanks. Fire has…