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Court Rules in Favor of Navy Vets Receiving Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure

Ian Harvey

A recent ruling by a U.S. appeals court has paved the way for thousands of Vietnam veterans to receive benefits that they were barred from…

Hanbury Crater: 4000 Tons of Bombs, Million Rounds & Britain’s biggest WWII Explosion

Elly Farelly

On November 27, 1944, at 11:11 AM the quiet English countryside was rocked by one of the most deadly explosions to occur to occur during…

The Marine The Viet Cong Couldn’t Break He Was Last Seen On a Jungle Trail in November 1967

Jay Hemmings

Of all the bad things that could happen to an American soldier during the Vietnam War, becoming a prisoner of war in the hands of…

Vietnam Veteran Funeral Attended by as Many as 5,000 After Online Appeal

Ian Harvey

Joseph Walker, a 72-year-old resident of Dale, Texas, died on November 19, 2018. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran who had served in Vietnam.…

Seven Strange Looking German Armored Cars of WW2

During the Second World War, the Germans made extensive use of military vehicles to master a new form of warfare, in which the combustion engine…

Marine & Lone Ranger Actor Wasn’t KIA He Actually Died of Alcohol Poisoning From Drinking Moonshine

For those of us of a certain age, the sound of the William Tell Overture and the sight of a masked rider on a white…

Battle of the Bulge: Patton Ordered The Priest to Pray For Clear Weather, The Weather Subsequently Cleared

The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler’s last desperate gamble to win the war on the Western Front. It was 1944, and Hitler’s armies were…

The Amazing Irish Kamikaze Tank Buster Took Out A King Tiger By Ramming

Jay Hemmings

British officers who commanded tanks during WW2 were often told that naval tactics could be used effectively by tanks. However, this advice was not often…

No, Polish Cavalry Never Charged German Tanks at Krojanty

Jay Hemmings
Polish cavalrymen sitting on horses

Ask many armchair historian when the last ever cavalry charge took place and most will tell you it happened during World War II. They’ll likely…

Outnumbered & Outgunned,They Fought to The Last Man “The Demons Of IB Ridge”

The 20th of October 1960 would see the outbreak of a war that had been brewing for years along the Himalayan borders. Containing horrors that…

The Most Powerful Explosions of WWI

Ruslan Budnik

In any military conflicts, the opposing sides are looking for new means and methods to defeat the enemy. After the invention of blasting explosives, several…

First Female Fighter Pilot in American History Honored at Funeral

Ian Harvey

Historically, women in the American Armed Forces were relegated and confined to clerical jobs and other posts that offer little advancement within the military. But…