How German U-boats Failed To Counter The American Landings In North Africa
Throughout WWII, U-boats were the greatest threat to Allied ships in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In November 1942, however, when American forces made seaborne landings…
Nukes on the Moon: The A119 Cold War Project
In the late 1950s, in the midst of the Cold War, the United States developed a super-secret plan referred to as Project A119, involving the…
Winston Churchill Was Such A Passionate Smoker, He Asked That His Oxygen Mask For High Altitude Flights Be Customized To Fit A Cigar
In 1895, young Winston Churchill, who was then a mere second lieutenant in the Royal Hussars, visited Cuba as an observer of the conflict between…
A Widow Of A Holocaust Survivor Donates $22 Million To A German Zoo
Little is known today about the German underground resistance against the Nazi Party as their actions were extremely limited and were very often brutally punished…
The Desperate Breakthrough at the Halbe Pocket – How A German General Neglected Hitler’s Orders to Save His Men
During the last days of WWII, anyone with any sense in the German Army was aware of the fact that the lives of their soldiers…
Maximilian Kolbe: The Friar Who Died For Another At Auschwitz
Undoubtedly, Auschwitz is considered to have been one of the most horrific places in the world. It also produced some incredible acts of human kindness.…
Code Name: Cicero,Elyesa Bazna was a ruthless WWII spy – His opportunity to make it rich evaporated, and he went back to working at odd jobs
Turkish secret agent, Elyesa Bazna, whose code name was Cicero, worked for Nazi Germany during WWII. How it All Began Born on July 28, 1904,…
Operation Long Jump: German Plan To Kill Off His Enemies All At Once
Hitler came up with some pretty wild plans to achieve world dominance. Among them was an attempt to eliminate his enemies while they were together…
West Loch: The Pearl Harbor Disaster No-One Knows About
Everyone knows the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, but few people are aware there was a deadly event there in addition to the…
Admiral Kimmel: The Scapegoat of Pearl Harbor – The Man Who Opened the Door for the Japanese Attack
There have been few American military disasters that could ever rival what took place on December 7, 1941. The United States would see over 2400…
The Japanese destroyer circled the small LCP: Amazing Story Of Survival: American Coastguard Went Through Hell At Guadalcanal
There are few places on earth with a more ominous name than Iron Bottom Sound, of Guadalcanal. It earned its name through the sinking of…
The Black Dispatches From the Civil War Spies
The typical Southern officer’s opinion of African Americans was that they were an inferior subhuman race, lacking in intelligence or cunning. Their ignorance and subsequent…