John Ripley Faced Enemy Fire for Three Hours to Stop the North Vietnamese Advance
Đông Hà, the northernmost city in South Vietnam, was once bustling with military activity. Home of the 4th Marine Division and a major helicopter base,…
Operation Safari & How The Danish Scuttled Their Own Navy
It is well known among those who study World War II that Vichy France scuttled its own navy in Toulon on November 27, 1942 as…
MI5 “Agent Jack” Thwarted Plot to Kill Eisenhower & Montgomery
Two female Nazi sympathizers created a plan to kill Allied generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery. Marita Perigoe and Eileen Gleave had discovered where…
Inside the Sierra Army Depot Graveyard
After the final shots are fired in a war and the armistice is signed, there are still unanswered questions looming about what to do with…
Young Lady of the Lake Discovers 1500-Year-Old Sword
July 15, 2018 was just another family day out at Lake Vidöstern for the Vanecek family. Nothing out of the ordinary had been planned, but…
True Crimes Including Stealing Children for the Master Race
It’s hard to imagine there are war stories as bad as the Holocaust of World War II, or the internment of Japanese citizens in North…
How the Mayor of Vilnius Dealt With Cars Parked in the Cycle Lane
The 15 ton amphibious eight-wheeled military vehicle barely slowed as it crushed the luxury car. In a video released by the mayor’s office, a man…
Crazy: General Westmoreland initiated plan to use nukes in Vietnam
Recently, the New York Times ran an extraordinary article about the Vietnam War. In it were facts that have only recently come to light and…
Myths of WW2: Isn’t The Reality Harsh Enough?
World War II has been captured on film by Hollywood, written about in both fictional and factual books, and caught in newsreel footage at the…
Now in his 90s Former SS Guard to Stand Trial for War Crimes
In November 2018, a 94-year-old German man will stand trial to answer for crimes that he committed during WWII. The alleged crimes took place in…
Battle of Britain Hero Archie McInnes Takes to the Skies at 99
Flight Lieutenant Archie McInnes is one of the last surviving World War Two veterans of the Battle of Britain. He joined the RAF in 1938…
Da Vinci As Saboteur? Did The Artist Deliberately Design Bad Weapons?
It’s hard to imagine Leonardo Da Vinci as anything other than a brilliant painter and sculptor, scientist and humanist. He is the man who created…