World War 2 | War History

Resistance Without Hope In The Face Of Destruction – The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943

Life in a Ghetto was the unfortunate fate of many Jewish citizens during the Nazi Party’s reign over Germany and its many occupied territories. Crammed…

6 Facts About Admiral Yamamoto, The Architect Of The Sneak Attack On Pearl Harbor

The man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was an unusual and contradictory figure. A man with peaceful international connections around…

To Make Life Easier For The People Of Occupied Crete, The Allies Kidnapped The Nazi Commander

The Special Operation Executive (SOE) in 1944, planned to conduct a daring mission in Crete. Their initial plan was to kidnap the German commander of…

Marine John Basilone Would Decimate an Entire Japanese Regiment In the Pitch-Black Jungle of Guadalcanal

Often described as the turning point for the Pacific in World War 2, the Battle of Guadalcanal represented the moment that Japanese expansion in the…

The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s Secret Invisibility Research Program

What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity?…

I Survived A Firing Squad

Ian Harvey

Can you imagine what it must be like to be marched out to face a firing squad, say goodbye to your closest friend who is…

At the Start Of WW2, Nazi Germany Invaded Poland: These Are Pictures From That Operation

On the 1st of September, 80 years ago, the horror of World War II was unleashed upon the world when the German Army invaded Poland.…

Half Blind Japanese Pilot Flies His Damaged Zero For 5 Hours, Then Refused Medical Attention Before Making His Report

During WWII, Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai served as a naval aviator with the Imperial Japanese Navy. He claimed 64 victories, one of which was made after…

D-Day: This Drone Footage Follows The Route Of The Gliders That Landed 50 Yards From Pegasus Bridge!

On the night prior to D-Day, as part of the invasion of Normandy by the Allied Division, 181 men from the Glider Infantry (British 6th…

While His Maniac Brother was Busy Killing Jews, Albert Göring Worked Tirelessly to Save Them

What would happen to your family should one of your siblings join a deadly political beast? If you were a member of the Göring family…

Next Stop: Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach – Amazing Color Pictures of the 2nd Rangers embarking in Weymouth

Almost Seventy-two years on, we look back at the time thousands of US Rangers were loaded up and shipped out from Weymouth, destination: Pointe Du…

Edwin Glasberg – WWII Marine Extraordinaire

Ian Harvey

Edwin Glasberg, 92, has lived an extraordinary life and is known as a WWII hero for a number of reasons. He was born on the…