Beautiful Story: Life-Saving Coin From WWI is For Sale
When he eventually reached for his pocket, he would find his coin hot and bent from the impact of the enemy’s bullet. On the tail…
Be Prepared For Warm Beer & Horrid Coffee: A GI’s Guide to Britain During WWII
“The British don’t know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don’t know how to make a good cup of tea. It’s an…
Just Amazing The USS Wasp Wreck Discovered 2.5 Miles Down on the Pacific Seafloor
The wreck lay 2.5 miles down in an area known as an abyssal plane. There is no light and little animal life as well as…
Prostitution, The Black Market & 6000 Trucks – The Red Ball Express
Over 40,000 truck tires were worn out and trucks constantly tipped over due to supplies being overloaded and stacked much too high. The Germans were…
I am a Lover not a Fighter: The Roman Emperor Forced into War
When the Kingdom of Parthia under its King Vologases IV began rattling its saber, the co-emperors had no choice but to march east to war.…
The Most Destructive Bombing Campaign? Actually it Was Tokyo Not Hiroshima
Operation Meetinghouse- For the civilians of Tokyo who were caught in the bombing zone, it was as if hell had come to earth that night.…
From Himmler’s Darling to Dachau Inmate : The Fraudulent Nazi Doctor.
Rascher performed cruel subcooling and altitude tests on his subjects at the Dachau concentration camp where he worked. The “Doctor of Death,” although not Sigmund…
Danger UXB: World War II Bombs Unearthed.
Since 2000, at least 11 bomb disposal technicians have died in the course of their duties in Germany. More than 70 years after the end…
The Guardians of Scotland & The English Aggressors
Succession Crisis and English Intervention In 1290, Scotland was in crisis. King Alexander III had passed away unexpectedly after falling off his horse and had…
A Most Unmotherly Act: Magda Goebbels,The First Lady of the Third Reich.
It was a morbid place of gray concrete, narrow corridors, iron doors, and cold light. Not a place where anybody could feel comfortable, especially not…
Reenactors in Normandy: A Pleasure or a Pain? Time to Raise Their Game?
Every year, thousands of re-enactors from all over the world descend on Normandy for the first week of June. They fill up campsites and town…
The Cromwell: The Fastest British Tank of WWII
A bulkhead with access holes separated the hull gunner and the driver from the fighting compartment. The tank Cruiser Mk.VIII “Cromwell” is a British medium…