Unsung Heroine of WWII Dambusters Raid dies at age 97
One of the last unsung heroines of the famous Dambusters raid in WWII has died aged 97. Maureen Stevens passed away on the day before…
Incredible Bravery – Jesse L Brown: Exemplary Aviator in the US Navy
Born to Fly Jesse LeRoy Brown was born on October 13, 1926, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi into a poor family with a steadfast commitment to educating their…
A Bloody New Year – The Massive American Civil War Battle of Stones River
It was cold at the turning of the year in Murfreesboro, right in the middle of the state of Tennessee. The little town nestled under…
MoH: G. Timmerman Sacrificed Himself To Save His Tank Crew From Hand Grenade
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Grant Timmerman had already served a 4-year enlistment in the Marine Corps. However, Timmerman was…
Ten Facts: The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…
Hannibal Barca was Rome’s Greatest Enemy – But He Couldn’t Win the War for Carthage
Hannibal Barca inflicted one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the Roman army at the battle of Cannae. Nearly 70,000 men were killed in…
Clearing 10 Enemy Bunkers in the Jungles of Vietnam, SSGT James Bondsteel Emerged with the Medal of Honor
Perhaps due to his name – part James Bond and part Man of Steel – it became apparent very quickly that Staff Sergeant James Bondsteel…
War Wagons: One of the Strangest Military Formations Ever Seen in Europe
One of the strangest military formations ever seen in Europe, Hussite war wagons struck fear into their opponents during the early 15th century. Fighting under…
The Unsung Hero of Burma
There are many well-known heroes of WWII. Oskar Schindler, who rescued over a thousand Jews from being sent to concentration camps by employing them in…
The Man Tasked with Protecting Americans During The Cold War has Died
The man who had an unusual job for a short period died recently at the age of ninety-five. Robert W. Blakeley was a logistics official…
The Altmark Incident – The Royal Navy Freed 299 POW But Caused Norway To Be Invaded By Nazi Germany
In 1940, a tanker was transporting 299 British POWs to Germany. As it passed through neutral Norwegian waters, the British mounted a successful rescue operation,…
2 February 1943 – The End Of The Battle For Stalingrad
The largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, the Siege of Stalingrad lasted over five months and resulted in somewhere between 1.7 and…