5 Facts: Amiens, 1918 – The WW1 Battle In France Which Sealed Germany’s Coming Defeat
The Battle of Amiens started nearly 100 years ago in Picardy, France, in 1918. The major combat lasted until August 12th and was a success…
The Secret Teaching Organization: How Education was Conducted in Deepest Secrecy in Poland during WWII
When Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding to support the war effort, he famously replied: “Then what are we fighting for?” Those words…
Albert Robbins, The Mystery WWII Blitz Rescuer identified over 70 years after his Heroic Actions were captured on camera
No one knew the identity of the young soldier in the photograph that was printed in a magazine in 1995. Last month, a colorized version…
The Last German Paratroop Drop of the Second World War
WWII was the pinnacle of paratrooper action. The tactics and technology needed for paratrooper landings had been refined to a point where they could play…
Hugh Seagrim, Who Fought WW2 from Behind Japanese Lines
In the small Karen village of Mewado, Burma, two men stood smoking cigarettes. The owner of the cigarettes, Captain Inoue, was an officer in the…
Massive Morale Collapses of the First World War
WWI was a grueling and dehumanizing conflict. Soldiers saw friends slaughtered in fruitless attacks for the sake of strategies they could not understand. The constant…
General Ulysses S. Grant In The American Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant was one of the greatest generals in American history. Under his leadership, the Union armies marched to victory through the bloody quagmire…
Advance on Canae: The World War Two Invasion of Crete
The invasion of Crete was an impressive campaign of WWII. A significant battle during the seizure was the advance on Canae. German paratroopers fought fiercely…
The First Tank Attack: The Battle Of The Somme
On the Somme The first use of tanks in an attack took place on September 13, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. It was…
The Battle of Shiloh – Unprecedented Levels Of Bloodshed In American Civil War
Fought on April 6 and 7, 1862, the Battle of Shiloh was one of the most important in the western theater of the American Civil…
How Tanks Decided The First And Second World Wars
The concept of a military tank was not particularly new in 1916. However, the ability to move troops safely through combat territories with a vehicle…
Covert German Military Growth During The Interwar Years
Following WWI, the Treaty of Versailles was forced upon the defeated Germans by the victorious Allies. To prevent future German aggression, it set strict rules…