Frank Baldwin Received The Medal Of Honor Twice, Once For Fighting The Confederates And Again For Fighting The Native Americans
Receiving the Medal of Honor for valor in combat puts one in the hallowed company of but a few thousand individuals to ever grace the…
Nazi Death Camp Guard brought to trial for crimes committed at Lublin-Majdanek
In an effort to right some of the wrongs done during the Holocaust German prosecutors have been working around the clock to try and bring…
“WW2’s Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails” – A new television series showcasing 4 daring escapes during WWII
Channel 4, the British public service television station, has created a new series showcasing four of the most amazing escapes undertaken by British prisoners of…
Irma Grese – The Blonde Beast of Birkenau and the Most Sadistic Woman in Nazi Germany
The atrocities committed by the Schutzstaffel, or SS guards, at Nazi death camps are well documented. Men like Josef Vogel, Gottfried Weise and Herman Wagner,…
Fox News Forced to Retract Story About Retired Navy Veteran Who Lied About Being a SEAL
Fox News ran a story on October 8, 2017, about John Garofalo, 72. He claimed to be an ex-Navy SEAL with several medals and decorations.…
With the Enemy Approaching, He Sat Beside His Wounded Comrade, Pulled the Pin on Two Grenades, and Waited
Refusing to leave his mortally wounded comrade as the enemy approached, Australian Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pin on two grenades and waited for…
Death In Single Combat Outside The Castle Walls – The Queen’s Consort Reaches The End His Life
Pedro de Lara was bored. His had lived a full life, a life of personal pride and skill at arms, of politics, wine and of…
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…
The Night Attack – Vlad The Impaler Ambushes The Ottoman Sultan By Sneaking Right Into The Enemy Camp Alone
Mehmet II, known as Mehmet the Conqueror, was one of the greatest military commanders of his day. The Ottoman Empire under his rule was vast,…
Sappers And Siege Engines – Ivan The Terrible Conquers The city Of Kazan
The army had been in place under the city walls for weeks. Ivan the Fourth, Tsar of all the Russians, accompanied his force in the…
The Korean War – A Messy, Terrible Conflict In The 1950s, And We Still Feel The Effects Today
The Korean War was fought as a result of the Soviet Union moving into what is now North Korea and the United States moving into…
Boudica’s Uprising: A Fearsome Challenge To The Might Of Ancient Rome
The coastal county of Norfolk in the south-east of England is a peaceful place. Little villages are scattered throughout a patchwork of fertile fields and…