Against all Odds-The US Rangers & Their Heroic Assault on Pointe Du Hoc
The Assault on Pointe Du Hoc was one of the most harrowing (and costly) missions in U.S. Army Ranger history. Knowing their mission was crucial…
Sunk & Forgotten -The Fate of the SS Oria’s 4000 POW’s
Throughout human history men have gone to war. Naval transport has created and broken empires, but the harshness of nature means sometimes those traveling by…
‘Hold My Beer’ – War Hero Thomas Fitzpatrick Twice Landed His Aircraft in New York City (While Drunk)
Thomas Fitzpatrick was a World War II and Korean War veteran who stole and landed an aircraft in front of a bar in New York…
Amazonian Warriors of the Ancient Worlds
Women warriors of the ancient world Warfare has traditionally been a man’s world. The reasons for this varies historically and culturally but, regardless of time…
Major-General Gubbins-The Man who Made Dirty Warfare a Passion.
During the Second World War, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) reinvented the art of covert warfare. The organization recruited, trained, and equipped both secret agents…
Does Size Really Matter? – The Big Guns of WW1
The Big Guns-1914 to 1918 World War One was the first industrialized war that was on a truly global scale. With mass production and ever…
Amazing Drone Footage of the USS Alabama A.K.A “Lucky A”
The USS Alabama is indeed, of outstanding historic significance to the American people, having led a storied career as a World War II battleship, and…
Awe-Inspiring Footage of the Normandy American Cemetery & Memorial
From the footage, you can see an enormous formation of white crosses, arrayed over a long stretch of green lawn, and demarcated by a series…
Fuhrer Sale- Fury at Hitler Painting Auction
Five paintings put up for sale through a German auction house failed to sell when they were included in a public auction recently. Auction house…
General Orde Wingate: Brilliant Eccentric
The British armed forces in WWII were famous for a number of reasons: innovation, unreal stubbornness in defense, and much else. They were also known…
To Do My Duty. The Scout Master & Hitler’s Nuclear Program
In the early twentieth century, a British man named Baden Powell founded the Boy Scout Movement. From this humble organization, Scouting spread across the globe.…
The Tupolev Tu-128: The Largest Fighter Aircraft to Ever be in Service
In the early decades of the Cold War, threats of potential nuclear air attacks were familiar on both sides of the tension. Both the Soviet…