The Only Woman Ever To Join The French Foreign Legion Served In World War Two And Vietnam
The Légion Étrangère is better known as the French Foreign Legion – a military organization open to men who are foreign nationals. In 1945, however,…
The Female Allied Spy Who Received A German Iron Cross Medal In The First World War
During WWI, the German government condemned a woman to death for spying on them. Fortunately for her, they commuted her sentence when they realized they…
These Two Humanitarians Worked Hard To Help The Allies At The Start Of WW1 – They Were Almost Executed
She was sentenced to death by the Germans in WWI for helping the Allied cause but was spared by the German Emperor and the Pope.…
Medal Of Honor: This Heroic Airman Burned To Save His Crew From Certain Death
The Medal of Honor is America’s highest military award given to those for acts of valor that in some cases border on insanity. In WWII,…
A Bridge Too Far: The Americans, And The True Story Of The 101st And 82nd In Operation Market Garden
A Bridge Too Far, the film adaptation of Cornelius Ryan’s book of the same name, tells the epic tale of the men who fought through…
Killing The Fuhrer: The Many Attempts On Hitler’s Life Before WWII
One of the most hated men in the history of humanity survived many attempts on his life during his 12-year reign. Even though Adolf Hitler…
The Passing Of A 94-Year-Old British D-Day Veteran On Remembrance Day
British Paratrooper Ralph Jones was shot four times during the Normandy landings with one bullet remaining permanently lodged in his stomach, yet the former soldier…
This Okinawa Veteran Doesn’t Often Go To The Movies, But He Will Go See “Hacksaw Ridge”
Pacific War Veteran Elmer Hart doesn’t watch many movies. But he’s definitely going to see ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ starring Andrew Garfield and directed by Mel Gibson. The…
Amazing Story – Commemorating A Long-Missing WW1 Soldier By Renovating His Canoe, And Taking It Home
All types of tributes are made to fallen soldiers, known and unknown, who died in the First World War. Medals can be awarded posthumously, a…
Relic From The First World War – German Submarine Wreck Found At The Bottom Of The Sea
Engineers involved in surveying the waters through the North Channel and the Irish Sea came upon the wreck of a WWI submarine while busy working…
Charles the Bold, Burgundy’s Flawed Reforming Warlord
Charles the Bold was a man who could have changed the face of Europe. Inheriting the Valois duchy of Burgundy in 1467, he was one…
Kilroy Was Here: How A Graffiti Cartoon Bolstered The Troops During WWII
A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…