Philippines Campaign Video (1944–45) – Landing on Leyte – In Color!
In 1942 the Japanese invaded and occupied the Philippines. Two years later, United States forces began the liberation of the Philippines. This was known as…
An Oklahoma 101st Airborne Airborne Veteran Remembers Bastogne
Veteran James Ahrend was a combat engineer with the 101st Airborne Division. Several years ago he went to Washington, D.C. to see the National World…
5 Kings Who Made Sparta a Military Great
The Kingdom of Sparta is one of the most famous city states of ancient Greece. The harsh military upbringing given to its male citizens has…
Bombing Germany: The Allied Campaign 1940-44
In any time of ‘total war’ human beings, driven by the will to stay alive, will do un-imaginable things of one kind or another. War…
The General Who Won WWII – You Never Guess How Stalin Rewarded Him
George Zhukov was a Soviet career officer in the Red Army who played a most pivotal role during World War II. He led the drive…
KAL-007 – The Boeing 747 Shot Down By Soviet Fighters Over International Waters
Excerpt provided by Randy Luethye, author of the newly released 2nd Edition of “The Cold War, KAL-007 & Communism: Intelligence Secrets Revealed.” It was the…
WWII Commercial: Shave Like a Man
In 2013, a shaving brand that was born in 1919 joined the parade of products trying to define what it means to be a real man…
Blasted 3 German Balloons and 2 Fighters, Crash Landed, Got Out With Automatic Pistol Then Shot as Many Germans Before Dying
In only nine days of flying in World War I combat, just ten missions and thirty hours of time in a Spad XIII aircraft, Lieutenant…
BATTLE OF BRITAIN – RAF Operations Manual – Review by Mark Barnes
Despite bouts of airport shutting fog and dollops of rain this is turning out to be something of an Indian summer here in sunny Essex.…
Mutual Assured Destruction – 10 Blood Chilling Things You Need To Know
As a doctrine of national security and military strategy, Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) involves the full-scale usage of weapons of mass destruction by at least two opposing…
Armored Personnel Carrier Converted Into Funeral Hearse For Veterans
Military veterans are being given a new option to travel to their final resting place. Military enthusiast, Nick Mead, has spent half a year on…
Scottish Pilot’s Missing Body Might Still Be In Lancaster Wreck In The Netherlands
On the night of the 12th of June in 1943, 503 aircraft from RAF bomber Command carried out a raid on the German city of…