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…
“Like hell!” the MPs Replied: GIs Mistakenly Arrested One of Their Generals
December 20, 1944 was a miserable day for American soldiers in the Ardennes. The weather was bitterly cold, with ice and snow biting at men…
SS Dr. Hans Munch, called the “Good Man Of Auschwitz”, How is That Possible?
During World War II, a large number of prisoners underwent medical experiments in German concentration camps. In Auschwitz and other camps, prisoners were subjected to…
Footage of 60,000 German Prisoners Paraded Through Moscow
Just weeks after the Allies landed in Normandy during World War II, a second large-scale offensive was inbound toward Germany from the east. Operation Bagration,…
Spy Planes Break the Mold With Their Remarkable Engineering
Enter the term “Dragon Lady” into Google, and more than two million hits pop up, most of which define it as a pejorative term for…