Amazing Drone Footage of the Crossroads Battlefield with Scenes from “Band of Brothers”
After a five-men night patrol reported coming across German machine guns at the Crossroads, Captain Winters organized a group of 15 men to attack them.…
Flying Dogs: Five of the Worst British Warplanes Ever!
The planes also suffered nine accidents, which by itself is not substantial, but one must consider that only 49 of the planes were ever built.…
Wiped Out up to 50 Million, Spanish Flu Carried to Europe by US Troops Heading for the Trenches of WWI
The weaker patients had a higher chance of survival. It was the young and healthy that experienced a higher mortality rate. While Denmark remained neutral…
Controversial Mossad Chief who Helped Capture Adolf Eichmann Passes Away
The deterioration in his hearing resulted from an injury he received during the raid at Atlit detention camp. Rafi Eitan was the coordinator of Operation…
The Policeman who Jumped From East to West Germany in a Single Leap
Often, “Wall Jumpers” went over the border in order to demonstrate bravery, impress their girlfriend, or were intoxicated. After being defeated in the Second World…
The Bloody Siege of Rhodes: The Ottomans & Their Unstoppable Empire
Suleiman offered the defenders a deal. They could either surrender, and he would give them food and let them go, or they could continue fighting…
“I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning.” The 5 Best Movies About Nam
“A good dose of a badass Sam Elliott never hurts.” Highly politicized as the Vietnam War was, it generated some of the best war films…
How was Jefferson Davis a Union General and The Confederate President?
Davis appeared a short while later with a pistol and shot General Nelson in the chest. Nelson died half an hour later. One Union general…
The Mystery of the Sinking of the USS Scorpion
Some have speculated that the Russian Submarine K-129 was sunk by a US submarine, and that the sinking of Scorpion was done in retaliation for…
Churchill’s Catastrophe: The Disaster Before Gallipoli
On November 3, 1914, before the United Kingdom even officially declared war on the Ottomans, Churchill ordered bombardments to begin. The European Great Powers had…
Britain’s Pearl Harbor: Japan Repeats Its Success of WWII
The attacks were successful and both ships were sunk, with 424 British seamen killed and 1,120 men left in the water for many hours after…
The Ghost Army Of WWII – The Real-Life “Phantom Menace”
The men of the 603rd Camouflage Engineers designed and built hundreds of extremely convincing-looking rubber and inflatable tanks. In the animal kingdom a common tactic…