The Death Match – Legendary Game of Death of Kiev vs Nazi Germany
Let’s dive into the past when playing football could’ve got you killed. In 1942, in occupied Ukraine, a football match was organized by the Nazi…
The Day Japan Lost Her Airforce – “Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home”
“Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home!” This comment from a pilot from the USS Lexington refers to the Battle…
How the WW2 German ‘Schnellboot’ S-102 Was Found in the Black sea
Recreational divers located the located the remains of a WWII German ‘Schnellboot’ lying in forty feet of water in the Black Sea near Crimea. The…
Shot By A German Bullet, An American Flag Flown On D-Day Goes on Display
The Netherlands’ National Military Museum received a fragile American flag on Thursday. The flag once flew on the boat that carried the first US troops…
Tank Profile: Soviet Medium Tank T-34, Pics and Video!
The legendary game changing tank of the Soviet Red Army ― the T 34, with all its variants was the backbone of USSR armored units.…
MoH: G. Timmerman Sacrificed Himself To Save His Tank Crew From Hand Grenade
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Grant Timmerman had already served a 4-year enlistment in the Marine Corps. However, Timmerman was…
As A Bitter Joke, Adolf Hitler Was Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize in 1939
Your daily dose of random and strange. Adolf Hitler was once nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize has a long history, dating back to…
World War Two: The Assassination Of A Nazi Mastermind
Hitler gripped Germany and the occupied regions with the help of a network of killers who competed with him in inhumanity and barbarism. One such…
Inspiring Humility Of a Quiet American World War Two Private, Who Has Passed Away at 95
Pete Bang was proud to talk about his days as a “knuckle busting” mechanic. He’d talk about how he kept his home and yard in…
Chicago Businessman May Have Found A Famous Japanese WWII Commander’s Tooth
Dick Portillo is known to Chicago residents as the hot dog and Italian beef king of Chicago. He is the founder of the Portillo’s fast…
1,177 Tears: The Memorial To The USS Arizona, Sunk At Pearl Harbor
USS Arizona, a sunken warship, weeps black tears for her dead. And although the natural beauty of Oahu—lush vegetation, crystal water, and volcanic mountains—should be…
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor – And The Exiled Queen of Holland, The First Female Billionaire
Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria was the longest-serving queen of the Netherlands, having reigned from 1890 to 1948. Her keen business instincts made her the first…