The Truth Behind the Movie: The Hunt for Red October
The “Hunt for the Red October” was first written by a famous spy-genre novelist, Tom Clancy in 1984. In 1990, the book was turned into…
Famed Cartoons Drawn At PoW Camp Set To Be Unveiled At History Event
For the first time, interesting and evoking cartoons are to be shown to the public. They are said to have been drawn by an unknown…
The Australian Hero Who Helped Save Britain
In June of 2016 the book, A Spitfire Pilot’s Story: Pat Hughes: Battle of Britain Top Gun went on sale. It was written by Dennis…
This Man Sent a Threatening Letter to Hitler in 1941 – He Died in a Concentration Camp
In March 1941, The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was in a dire position. Hitler was insisting that the country join the Tripartite Pact, as it served…
Bad Leadership, Old Tactics, and Modern Hardware Cause Carnage on the Eastern Front in WWI
The Brusilov offensive was Russia’s greatest military triumph of World War One, but also the scene of one of that nation’s most misguided and disastrous…
Polish Company Selling “Hitler” Socks
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum has blasted a Polish company for selling socks with the image of Adolf Hitler on them. The Museum posted an…
Respected Member of the Tuskegee Airmen dies aged 95
Floyd Carter Sr was an outstanding police officer, according to his peers. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the police force’s highest…
Published Diary Shows Germans Were Aware Of Nazi Atrocities During WWII
Friedrich Kellner was a bureaucrat in Germany during WWII. He kept a secret diary in which he wrote about his feelings towards the war and…
Not Something Everyone Knows BUT Roald Dahl The Children’s Book Author Was Also an RAF Fighter Ace
Roald Dahl was largely known as a children’s book writer behind the titles such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, The…
In 1956, An Obsolete WW2 Drone Took on Two State-of-the-Art Manned Jet Fighters Over the US – And Won
In August 1956, a drone went rogue over Southern California, threatening cities, including Los Angeles. In its aftermath, over 1,000 acres were destroyed, forests and…
Image Heavy: Facts & Pictures – Bloody Battle for Remagen Bridge & the tunnel ended up as a mushroom farm
On 7 March 1945, Allied troops captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. This surprise success allowed thousands of troops to cross the River Rhine and…
Jim Schmidt was 14 when he jumped into Sicily with the 82nd Airborne – returned home a hero
Jim Schmidt, a 90-year-old from Fayette, North Carolina, was kicked out of the services twice during WWII. He was an impressive soldier, followed orders and…