Lost Bombs, Crashed Aircraft and Missing Submarines: US Military Nuclear Near Misses.
“Mistakes are made in every other human endeavor. Why should nuclear weapons be exempt?” -Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California in a letter to the Hoover…
Fury Over Jane Fonda’s Nomination to National Women’s Hall of Fame
In 2018, Fonda apologized for her actions in a documentary titled Jane Fonda in Five Acts. She said that she was sorry for her thoughtless…
Book Review: CAPTURED ARMS
Heaps of captured arms have been a symbol of victory since time immemorial. The Second World War was no different, especially for a Nazi regime…
The Students who Found a B-24 in 1,640 Feet of Water!
They were delighted to find the image of an aircraft wing and propeller lying in 50 feet of water a few hundred meters from what…
Top 10 Deadliest Combos of the Sky: Monsters with Bite
The 20 mm guns had a muzzle velocity of nearly 3,000 feet per second and could hit targets a couple of miles away, destroying tanks,…
The Destruction of Zeppelin L-15 IN WWI
The anti-aircraft guns worked well. The first zeppelin felled in defense of the United Kingdom succumbed shortly after the emplacement of the anti-aircraft guns. The…
The Longest Continuous Battle of WW2 – 5 Years, 8 Months & 5 Days
The first U-boat sunk was on September 14th, 1939 when three torpedoes from U-39 exploded prematurely in an attack on the British aircraft carrier HMS…
How DID Switzerland Manage to Remain Neutral During WWII?
Though the Germans and Italians had a detailed plan to invade Switzerland, the plan was never enacted and Operation Tannenbaum was canceled. Switzerland, a small…
A Giant of History: Dick Cole, Last of the Doolittle Raiders, Dies at 103
The last surviving participant in one of World War II’s most daring air raids passed away Tuesday at the age of 103 years old. Richard…
The WWII POW Who Sank A German Ship With A Milk Tin!
The role of South African troops in the Second World War has sometimes been forgotten, even though they were involved in many of the Allies’…
The Imitation Game: Who Were The Top Code Breakers of WWII?
The 2014 movie The Imitation Game opened up the secret world of cryptanalysis – the art of breaking codes. Codes and ciphers have been used…
The American Doolittle Raid And The Brutal Japanese Reprisals
“they shot any man, woman, child, cow, hog, or just about anything that moved. Before burning the town they thoroughly looted it.” The Japanese attack…