When “Red Mike” Edson And His 800 Men From 1st Marine Raider Battalion Were Up Against 2,500 Attacking Japanese
After more than 24 hours of fending off a ferocious Japanese assault, the sun began to set and the Marines of 1st Raider Battalion knew…
Heavy Losses, Great Heroism – The Iwo Jima Landings Were One Of The Most Important American Operations In The Pacific
The Battle of Iwo Jima was more than just another strategic island fight in the US military’s struggle with Imperial Japan during World War Two. It…
Notes From A Holocaust Survivor Found In Auschwitz Have Been Deciphered And Translated Into English
In 1944, Sonderkommando Marcel Nadjari kept records of his activities in Auschwitz-Birkenau, including a remarkably accurate number of those killed in the gas chambers. He…
The Capture Of The Bridge Over The Rhine At Remagen, 7 March 1945
On 7 March 1945, Allied troops captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. This surprise success allowed thousands of troops to cross the River Rhine and…
In 1939, At The Opening Of WW2, Poland Fell Quickly To The German Army
As dawn rose on 1 September 1939, a German army swept across the border into Poland. Already tense, European politics would now descend into the…
The Battle of Tarawa: 76 Hours of Hell – 5,700 Dead for Twelve Square Miles
The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…
The Long And Brutal Struggle For New Guinea In WW2
When the Japanese invaded New Guinea in early 1942, they began a struggle for control of the island which would last until the end of…
This Sinister Revisionist In Japan Is Trying To Sanitize The Heartbreaking History Of Okinawa’s WWII Forced Suicides
A recent nationalist movement in Japan seems to be trying to sanitize the history of Japan during World War II, much to the concern of…
Karl Donitz, Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine, Was The Last President of Nazi Germany
Karl Donitz, the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine (Navy of the Third Reich), served as the last president of Nazi Germany. He was also the creator…
A Cameraman’s last picture – Tragedy as an Undetonated Bomb Explodes on the USS Oriskany
The USS Oriskany was on its first Korean mission when disaster struck its deck. It was caught on film, as seen in this video. How and…
Stories Of Humanity And Compassion From Throughout The Second World War
Even during WWII, one of the largest and most deadly conflicts in recent history, there were moments of humanity and compassion. Here are three of these…
A Massive Operation – Raising A U-Boat To Recover Her Precious Cargo
In 1958, a German submarine was hoisted from the depths of the Kattegat Bay between the North and Baltic Seas off the coast of Sweden.…