Victoria Cross: He Sucked the Bullet Out of His Wound & Carried On to Storm a German Dugout & Capture 75 Men
At the turn of the 20th century, Canada did not have much in the way of an army. The joke was that only its parliament…
“Lucky” Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombs
Atomic bombs exploded into chaotic destruction just two times in history: first on August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima and again on August 9 of that…
Flying the Me 262 – The First Operational Jet Fighter
The First Fighter Planes When the First World War began, the airplane was still a new invention. Its potential as a military vehicle had not…
How Caesar Defeated 250,000 Gaulish Warriors Coming At Them From Two Sides With Only 60,000 Legionnaires
Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars had been raging for over five years when his legions faced their greatest test at the double siege of Alesia, a…
To Stop A Japanese Banzai Charge This Soldier Used His Rifle Like A Baseball Bat
In the movies, we will see the scene replayed where the wounded soldier begs his comrades to leave him rather than risk their lives. Often…
The Countess of Romanones, María Aline Griffith, “The Countess Spy” Dies” at 94
The Countess of Romanones, mother of three and grandmother of thirteen, María Aline Griffith, passed away in December of 2017. Normally, this would just be a byline…
David McCallum – Official Host of the 2018 Normandie-World War II International Film Festival and Band of Brothers Actors Reunion in Normandy
McCallum Currently Stars in CBS’ NCIS and During His long career has appeared in many movies and TV Shows including: The Great Escape, Man from…
Adolf Eichmann, the Evil Architect of the Holocaust in WW2
Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the Holocaust, became an infamous figure after his heavily publicized trial and execution in Israel in 1962.…
In 1935, Mussolini Planned To Form A Foreign Legion To Which Even Jews Applied
It is almost completely unknown, but in the wake of the Second Italo-Abyssinian war, Mussolini was quite keen on making his own equivalent of the…
Formidable Melee Weapons of Ancient Warfare
In modern warfare, hand to hand combat is a last resort, with combat knives coming out either in stealth missions or in extremely close quarters…
The Amazing SOE Operation To Kidnap General Heinrich Kreipe From Crete
The Special Operation Executive (SOE) in 1944, planned to conduct a daring mission in Crete. Their initial plan was to kidnap the German commander of…
“Damn the Torpedoes, Go Ahead” – The Battle of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay was a naval battle of the American Civil War, which held great strategic importance in the summer of 1864. It was…