In WW2, General Eisenhower Lost a Bet and Had to Give General Montgomery His Own B-17
When you think of Dwight D. Eisenhower, there’s much that comes to mind: a military leader, President of the United States, Supreme Allied Commander, Chief…
Operation Barbarossa: The Invasion Hitler Could Never Win
“Rule one, on page one of the ‘Book of War’ is Do not March on Moscow!” – Bernard Law Montgomery Russia has been the graveyard…
“Lucky” Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombs
Atomic bombs exploded into chaotic destruction just two times in history: first on August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima and again on August 9 of that…
A Soviet Spy Who saved The “Big Three” at the Tehran Conference was 19 years old at the time
During the spy games of WWII, the result of the war was hanging by a thread. Gevorg Vartanian, a young Armenian who joined the Soviet…
Clearing Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne at Veghel – Operation Market Garden (Part 2)
Operation Market Garden, it is September 24th, 1944 and we are on the 6th day of the ill-fated operation. Earlier that day the Germans tried…
Amazing facts about the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka -it had a top speed of a mere 255mph
The Stuka got its nickname from the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug or dive-bomber, the official designation was Junkers Ju-87. The first plane prototype Stuka flew in…
Major Things That Went Badly Wrong on Omaha Beach
It is widely known and accepted that the landings on Omaha Beach on D-Day were something akin to a disaster, everything that could go wrong…
Ten Facts: The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…
Five Successful Missions of a Waffen SS Mastermind, Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny was one of Germany’s finest commandos. An engineer by profession, he tried to volunteer for the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), in the year…
For Lt. Col. Merritt, WWII only lasted 6 Hours: But he was Awarded a Victoria Cross
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt, who would one day go on to be a Victoria Cross recipient, spent three years in German captivity. However, by that point…
Bringing Home The 8 Million Boys After WWII; Operation Magic Carpet
Victory in Europe – what happens next? After victory had been declared in Europe and the Second World War had come to an end with…
Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne at Veghel – Operation Market Garden (Part 1)
The date is September 24th, 1944, Operation Market Garden has dragged on into its 6th day and the Germans are about to begin their last…