Medal of Honor – John R. Fox Sacrificed Himself by Deliberately Calling an Artillery Strike on his Own Position
John Robert Fox was an American soldier who was killed in action when he deliberately called artillery fire on his own position after his position…
After Being Demoted to Private Nine Separate Times, This Canadian Was Awarded the Victoria Cross
If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…
American Liberator Of Gunskirchen Lager Concentration Camp Dies Aged 92
William John Jucksch died on November 28, 2017. He was 92 years old. Best known for accidentally discovering and then liberating a Nazi concentration camp…
Computer Pioneer Alan Turing Defeated The Nazi Enigma Code Machine But Was Considered A Security Risk
It has recently been disclosed that Alan Turing’s Bombe Machines, used to decipher German codes produced by the Enigma cipher machines during World War II,…
These Nebraska Twins Were Killed At Normandy – Now They Can Finally Be Together Again
Having twins can be a wonderful thing. They sometimes are identical and sometimes not. They are extremely close, and some even invent their own language…
Franz “The One That Got Away” Von Werra: Only German POW To Escape From Canada And Get Back Into The Fight
A POW escaping from captivity has long been one of the most fascinating stories of World War 2. For all the war’s brutality, there seemed to…
What Happened To Gestapo Chief And Nazi War Criminal Heinrich Müller
A veil of mystery follows the name “Heinrich Muller” since his disappearance in 1945, after the fall of Berlin. Mueller was the head of Gestapo…
The War Could Not Have Been Won Without This Wonderfully Simple Piece Of Design – The Humble Bailey Bridge
Picture an Allied tank commander in Europe, during Autumn, 1944. Advancing for days, destroying the German resistance. Nothing has been able to stop the invasion;…
Lightning Strike: Killing Admiral Yamamoto and Avenging Pearl Habor
Not only did the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7th, 1941 deal a devastating blow to the United States’ Navy and draw the nation into…
Stalingrad: For 59 Days 30 Soviet Soldiers Were Under Siege In Pavlov’s House, They Never Surrendered
The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the best-known battles of WWII. The siege of the city that lasted from 23rd of August, 1942 to…
Countries Invaded by Nazi Germany And Why They Were Invaded
Under the leadership of Adolph Hitler, Germany invaded over twenty countries in Europe and Africa. The reasons for these invasions varied from country to country,…
The Rogue British Officer Who Broke All The Rules Founded The SAS And Was Nicknamed By The Germans, “The Phantom Major”
If there hadn’t been a global war for survival taking place, Major David Stirling is the type of British Officer who would have been thrown…