Great Escape Hero Diary Fetched $18,000 at Auction
Even though more than 600 prisoners participated in the building of tunnels, only 200 were to take part in the escape. On March 22, 2019,…
The Times They Are A Changin’ Drugs, Music, & The Vietnam War
The year that peace and love were being celebrated at the first Woodstock festival, 11,000 soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War. The widespread use…
The Führer’s Crimes: Hitler was a Tax Evader
Tax evasion was not, by any stretch of the imagination, one of Hitler’s biggest crimes. But for such a despicable man, every single act of…
When 500 Knights Defeated 40,000 Soldiers From the Ottoman Empire: The Siege of Malta
The assault on the fort failed as defenders used chain shot to destroy the Ottoman siege tower and other siege weapons. Voltaire once said “Nothing…
Basket Case, Strafe & Cooties: WWI Slang Still in Use Today
“Shrapnel” is a term that did not originate in WWI, but which was certainly popularized by the war. For better or worse, the First World…
Mad Max Move Over: The Armored Gun Trucks of Vietnam
Men of the transportation corps started converting 2.5-ton trucks into mobile gun platforms. They added wood and sandbags as well as mounting M60 machine guns…
14 Photos of the Remnants of War Prove that Nature Always Prevails
Nature will always be stronger than man. There are two things that are certain in life: death and taxes. It is tempting to add one…
Mussolini’s Downfall & How Italy Managed to be on the Winning Side in WWII
Many native Italians were meeting and talking with Allied soldiers. Consequently, the people of Italy really started to rethink their view of the war. It…
Rome Vs Carthage: The Largest Naval Battles in Ancient History
The Romans quickly busied themselves training sailors, although Rome was first and foremost a land power. Various historians have pondered what might have happened had…
The Czechoslovaks who Took on the Might of the Fascist Onslaught in the Battle of Kiev
The Czechoslovaks were put into action together with their Tank Battalion which included ten T-34/76 medium tanks, ten T-70 light tanks, and ten armored vehicles.…
Remains of Heroic Spitfire Pilot who Crashed in Italian Village Finally Laid to Rest
The Romagna Air Finders is an organization which searches for aircraft that crashed during the Second World War. Any death in action is a tragedy.…
What Does “Axis” Really Mean?
Germany started capturing counties like Czechoslovakia while Italy turned its army towards the Balkans and Africa. When World War 2 and the participants are discussed,…