Pentagon Department Offers Clues About the Contents of Classified Film Archive
The Defense Media Activity holds at least 1,000 “classified historical films”. Defense Media Activity is a part of the Pentagon that facilitates and maintains public…
Heroic WWII Medic to have his life commemorated on the big screen
Beyond appearing as the villain in The Expendables 3 and working on 2012’s critically panned Get the Gringo, Mel Gibson’s Hollywood career has been fairly quiet in recent…
My Kingdom for a Horse – The Battle of Achelou
In 917 C.E., the Byzantine Empire sent an experienced leader named Leo Phokas ‘the Elder’ to defeat and punish Symeon of Bulgaria. The Christian Tsar…
The Battle of Ankara,1402 – Treachery on the battlefield seals the fates of an Emperor and a Sultan
The Battle of Ankara was fought on the 20th of July 1402. Two of the greatest rulers of their time – Bayezid I The Thunderbolt, the…
In 1935, Mussolini planned to form a Foreign Legion to which even Jews applied
It is almost completely unknown, but in the wake of the Second Italo-Abyssinian war, Mussolini was quite keen on making his own equivalent of the…
25 Iconic Pictures Of The German Blitzkrieg 1940
In early spring 1940 Nazi Germany launched their offensives which, after a few months would lead to the capture of most of western Europe. Beginning…
To Find A Lost WWII Buddy, Gene “Star Trek” Roddenberry Named A Villain After Him
Gene Roddenberry was a U.S. Army Air Force bomber pilot. He served in the Pacific from 1942 until 1945 when he was honorably discharged. He…
20 Pictures That Proved To The German People That The Atlantic Wall Could Not Be Breached
The massive batterie Lindeman, now buried under tons Channel Tunnel soil The Atlantic wall, meant to be an impregnable line of beach obstacles, bunkers, and…
Forget Robin Hood: Meet the Mad Major Who Charged Ashore With Bow, Arrow & Longsword
History is full of heroes, but how many of them have carved their name into history with bow and arrow, at least in modern times?After…
Russia: Spectacular drone footage shows Battle of Borodino reenacted
In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, dominated Europe. The only power that stood in the way of total domination was Russia, ruled by…
Have You Ever Seen Anything Like These Crazy WW2 Weapons?
Towards the end of World War II, Nazi scientists and engineers were working on a number of destructive and innovative devices. The Germans were losing…
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,…