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Operation Safari & How The Danish Scuttled Their Own Navy

Guest Author

It is well known among those who study World War II that Vichy France scuttled its own navy in Toulon on November 27, 1942 as…

Inside the Sierra Army Depot Graveyard

Jeremy Lyons

After the final shots are fired in a war and the armistice is signed, there are still unanswered questions looming about what to do with…

MI5 “Agent Jack” Thwarted Plot to Kill Eisenhower & Montgomery

David Baker

Two female Nazi sympathizers created a plan to kill Allied generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery. Marita Perigoe and Eileen Gleave had discovered where…

Young Lady of the Lake Discovers 1500-Year-Old Sword

Ian Harvey

July 15, 2018 was just another family day out at Lake Vidöstern for the Vanecek family. Nothing out of the ordinary had been planned, but…

True Crimes Including Stealing Children for the Master Race

Ian Harvey

It’s hard to imagine there are war stories as bad as the Holocaust of World War II, or the internment of Japanese citizens in North…

How the Mayor of Vilnius Dealt With Cars Parked in the Cycle Lane

Ian Harvey

The 15 ton amphibious eight-wheeled military vehicle barely slowed as it crushed the luxury car. In a video released by the mayor’s office, a man…

Crazy: General Westmoreland initiated plan to use nukes in Vietnam

Recently, the New York Times ran an extraordinary article about the Vietnam War. In it were facts that have only recently come to light and…

Myths of WW2: Isn’t The Reality Harsh Enough?

Jeremy Lyons

World War II has been captured on film by Hollywood, written about in both fictional and factual books, and caught in newsreel footage at the…

Now in his 90s Former SS Guard to Stand Trial for War Crimes

David Baker

In November 2018, a 94-year-old German man will stand trial to answer for crimes that he committed during WWII. The alleged crimes took place in…

Battle of Britain Hero Archie McInnes Takes to the Skies at 99

Ian Harvey

Flight Lieutenant Archie McInnes is one of the last surviving World War Two veterans of the Battle of Britain. He joined the RAF in 1938…

Da Vinci As Saboteur? Did The Artist Deliberately Design Bad Weapons?

Ian Harvey

It’s hard to imagine Leonardo Da Vinci as anything other than a brilliant painter and sculptor, scientist and humanist. He is the man who created…

“Like hell!” the MPs Replied: GIs Mistakenly Arrested One of Their Generals

December 20, 1944 was a miserable day for American soldiers in the Ardennes. The weather was bitterly cold, with ice and snow biting at men…