How an Outdated Biplane, Took Out the Gigantic Battleship Bismarck
The Second World War was a period of greatly accelerated development in the field of aviation: this was the first war in which jet fighters…
A Strange Story From The Civil War: There in McLean’s parlor, Grant & Lee Hashed Out The Surrender
The American Civil War threatened to rip the nation apart and created rifts that in some ways have not healed. For four years the nation…
Total Warrior Was Awarded The Victoria Cross TWICE – An Incredible Human Being
Since its inception, the VC has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 men. And no, there is not a typing error in that sentence. Three…
Battle Of Saipan Suicides: The Largest Banzai Charge of the Entire War, 4000 Japanese Troops
War inevitably equals mass casualties, whether numbering in the dozens or the hundreds, or the hundreds of thousands – this a truth that has accompanied…
The Mystery of the Lost Legion: One of the Most Experienced Legions Vanished
What could have happened to the 9th Legion? How could it simply disappear? The fate of the 9th has been the subject of debate for…
The Bunker of the “Beast of Auschwitz” Found in a Convent 70 Years After WWII
Buried thirty feet underneath the ground, in the basement of an old convent in southern Poland, is a room which used to be the secret…
Sex Outside of Marriage: Lebensborn, How Hitler Planned a Master Race
Most of the smaller children were taken away from their parents before they were old enough to comprehend what was even happening. The Third Reich…
America’s Forgotten WWI Hero Who Beat the Germans Bare Handed
With just his fists and his knife, he managed to fend them off, fighting with such fury that the Germans eventually retreated. While the United…
A Savage & Brutal Affair. Hand-To-Hand Combat in WW1
In trench combat, any encounter you had with an enemy soldier was likely to be a life-or-death one. The First World War is notorious for…
Against all Odds-The US Rangers & Their Heroic Assault on Pointe Du Hoc
The Assault on Pointe Du Hoc was one of the most harrowing (and costly) missions in U.S. Army Ranger history. Knowing their mission was crucial…
Amazonian Warriors of the Ancient Worlds
Women warriors of the ancient world Warfare has traditionally been a man’s world. The reasons for this varies historically and culturally but, regardless of time…
Major-General Gubbins-The Man who Made Dirty Warfare a Passion.
During the Second World War, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) reinvented the art of covert warfare. The organization recruited, trained, and equipped both secret agents…