World War 2 | War History

This Is How Japan Tried To Set The U.S. West Coast Ablaze – It Nearly Worked

Most believe that those at Pearl Harbor were the only casualties on American soil during WWII. Not true. There were more in Oregon. The Japanese…

The 4 Worst Mistakes Of The Axis Powers During WWII

Looking back at WWII there have been four decisions made that, in the end,  did not work out to the Axis advantage. Of course, you…

This Is Why JFK Was Awarded The Navy and Marine Corps Medal in WWII (Watch)

On a dark night in August of 1943, young Jack Kennedy is cruising silently through the waters of the South Pacific near the Solomon Islands…

The Rogue British Officer Who Broke All the Rules, Founded the SAS, and was Nicknamed by the Germans, “The Phantom Major”

Jeff Edwards

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…

The 1941 Battle of Smolensk In 20 Stunning Pictures

The Battle of Smolensk was a large-scale battle during the opening stages of the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, in World…

Omar Bradley – 20 Fast Facts About The GI General

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I. Born as Omar Nelson Bradley but referred to as “Brad”, he was born on February 12, 1893, in Randolph County, which is in rural…

Hans-Ulrich Rudel – The Flying Tank Buster Who Flew More Than 2,000 Missions And Killed Over 500 Tanks

Hans-Ulrich Rudel was shot down 30 times during his 2,530 missions. He destroyed one battleship, one cruiser, one destroyer, 70 landing craft, 800 vehicles, 150…

When 20 Canadian Prisoners Were Murdered By The Waffen SS In Normandy – The Ardenne Abbey Massacre

In the early days of the Normandy campaign 20 Canadian soldiers, members of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and 27th Armoured Regiment (part of the…

Horrifying, Tragic, Inspirational – How the Nazis Destroyed Lidice and the World Preserved its Memory

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In June 1942, the Nazi German occupiers of Czechoslovakia destroyed the mining village of Lidice. It was wiped off the map so completely that even…

You Can’t Miss This! Legendary D-Day Piper Bill Millin Interviewed in 1984 – Landing on Sword Beach

Bill Millin, aged 21, was considered to be unarmed on June 6th, 1944 as he jumped from the landing slope in Normandy on Sword Beach.…

101st Airborne – Bastogne – The Aid Station Massacre (Watch)

Battlefield guide Reg Jans talks about the murder of between 8 and 15 wounded Americans in an aid station in the village of Foy near…

Fearless Escapes Over (And Under) The Berlin Wall

Sarah Cooper

When the Second World War was finally over, Germany was divided up into four occupation zones among the Allied forces. Berlin was also divided up…