Get Out of Jail Free – How Monopoly Helped Allied POWs Escape
Imagine the following scenario: you’re with the Allies during WWII. Fortunately, your side eventually won. Unfortunately, you’ve ended up in a Nazi POW camp before…
4 Reasons Hannibal Couldn’t Win The War For Carthage
Hannibal Barca inflicted one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the Roman army at the battle of Cannae. Nearly 70,000 men were killed in…
Five Facts – Ulysses S. Grant: Hero Of Two Wars, Author, And 18th President Of The United States (Watch)
A great general and a divisive president, Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27th, 1822. He fought first in the Mexican-American War, but found…
This Amazing Corsair Display Shows Why The Japanese Feared The “Whistling Death”
What was the role of the Corsair in World War 2? You are about to find out with this video. The Corsair was manufactured by…
The Restored B-29 Superfortress “Doc” Was Made Airworthy By The Dedication Of Veterans And Volunteers
Tony Mazzolini had a big plan. A very big plan, it turns out. The Korean War vet became obsessed with restoring the last restorable B-29…
WWII Vets Share Wartime Memories at National Veterans Day Commemoration
A small group of World War II veterans shared stories of courage and service at the annual Veterans Day ceremony in Washington, DC. William Tippins…
Holocaust Memorial And Exhibition Being Hosted At The Oskar Schindler Factory
An unused factory in Brnenec, Czech Republic, will host a Holocaust memorial and exhibition. It was a manufacturing plant where German businessman Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) provided…
Honor Flight Helps WWII Veteran Reflect On Moments Of Faith In War
Anthony Saputo landed on Utah Beach in France late in 1943 as part of an advance team preparing for the D-Day invasion that would occur…
A Bridge Too Far: The Amazing Story of the Battle of Arnhem
Richard Attenborough’s masterful film A Bridge Too Far was adapted from Cornelius Ryan’s book of the same name. It throws the audience into the midst…
The Search Continues For The Wreck Of Australia’s First Ever Submarine
Cairns resident Fritz Herscheid is a man on a mission. He’s determined to find AE-1, Australia’s first submarine, which disappeared off the coast of Papua…
Anti-Tank Dogs: A Scared Weapon
Weapons come in all shapes and forms. Some are produced from metal, some from chemicals, and others are animals. The “anti-tank” dog falls into this…
The Disney Bomb: Cartoon-Inspired Bunker Buster Could Penetrate 50 Feet of Concrete (Watch)
In 1943, Disney released an animated film, Victory Through Air Power, which featured bombs penetrating a submarine pen. Such a weapon did not exist, but…