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Joseph Medicine Crow, Completed All Requirements To Become The Last Crow War Chief In WWII

According to the Crow Nation, a man has to do four things in order to become a war chief: (1) touch an enemy without killing…

22 Gut Wrenching Images Of Bombers That Didn’t Make It Home

Douglas A-20J-10-DO (S/N 43-10129) of the 409th or 416th Bomb Group after being hit by flak over Germany. It burst into flames and crashed a mile…

Amazing! WWII Bunker Cut In Half To Create War Memorial

Bunker 599 located in the Netherlands was cut in half and has been turned into an artistic war memorial. Originally built in 1939, the bunker…

10 Interesting Facts about Karl Donitz, The Last Führer of the Third Reich

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…

WWII: Gunner Fell 22,000 Feet WITHOUT A Parachute And Survived

S/Sgt. Alan E. Magee poses for the camera, halfway into the tight confines of the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [Via] Ranked among…

Polish Corporal Wojtek – The Non-Human WWII Hero

During WWII, the Polish II Corps recruited a very unusual soldier named Wojtek who worked his way up to the rank of Corporal. Wojtek proved…

1927: Pioneer Marine Aviator Made 10 Trips Into The Besieged Town In A Plane Without Brakes!

The United States Marine Corps considers themselves experts in the art of close air support, but getting to that point was a process of experimentation…

British Army’s Greatest Humiliation – The Fall of Singapore

During WWII, the Japanese took a calculated risk by invading Singapore with far fewer numbers than the defenders. They adopted devious tactics to secure the city. Singapore…

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…

10 Things You Never Knew About Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack

Colin Fraser

Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…

18 Little Known Facts About Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin, or Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, is a man who, unfortunately, needs no introduction. He was one of World War II’s most infamous leaders,…

After Being Demoted to Private Nine Separate Times, This Canadian Was Awarded the Victoria Cross

Jeff Edwards

If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…