Missing both Legs, This RAF Fighter Ace Took out 22 Germans Planes, Then Escaped Multiple POW Camps
Life with amputated legs can prove difficult for even the most mundane of tasks require extra effort. But trying taking on the German Luftwaffe and…
The Japanese Invasion Threat of Australia
Japanese intentions to invade mainland Australia during World War Two have long been the subject of passionate debate amongst historians worldwide. Some scholars are convinced that…
Amazing German Aviator Who Escaped From a British PoW Camp and Died Exploring A Patagonian Glacier
Gunther Plüschow was a man of singular talents, feats, and ambition. In the English-speaking world, we might have heard of his escape from a POW…
Medal of Honor, 3 Navy Crosses, and Highest Ship Kill Count for Submarine Commander in the Pacific Belong to Richard O’ Kane
The War in the Pacific was perhaps the last time that history has given us all-out open warfare between two mighty naval fleets on a…
Top 12 of the Best World War Two Movies We Could Find, With Trailers!
We present you a list of twelve of the best WWII movies of all time. See if your favorite Second World War picture is included in…
The Battle of North Cape, and the utter destruction of the Battleship Scharnhorst
It was wholly dark. In the sea north of Tromsø in Norway, the great German battleship Scharnhorst was on a mission to sink an Allied…
Christmas Truce Story: Ordered to Kill Each Other, British Captain and German Baron Shared Beer Instead
One hundred years ago, instead of killing each other as they were ordered to do, British Captain Clifton Stockwell and German Baron Maximillian von Sinner…
Battle of the Bulge – Christmas in the Eyes of a WWII Veteran
“Christmas never comes around that I don’t think of the Battle of the Bulge.” Sergeant Malcolm “Buck” Marsh Jr. spent Christmas this year surrounded by…
Christmas with GIs: How American Soldiers Took The Place of British Fighting Men During WWII
American GIs sent to Britain during the height of WWII were repeatedly described as “overpaid, oversexed and over here” but at least, on Christmas they…
Italian Pigs – La Decima – Manned Torpedoes And Kamikaze Style Speedboat Attacks
Under the rule of Benito Mussolini, an Italian frogman unit called La Decima was created. This special unit consisted of men capable of the most…
Irena Sendlerowa Saved over 2,500 Jewish Kids From the Warsaw Ghetto, Smuggling Them Out in Suitcases or Medical Bags
During WWII, Irena Sendlerowa, a Catholic Polish social worker, saved 2,500 Jewish children from death. That’s more than Oscar Schindler managed with 1,200. Though recognized…
One of the Funniest Men Alive, Mel Brooks Spent WWII Clearing Land Mines
The history of war is full of heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. And then, there are just…