He Actually Fought at Pegasus Bridge on D-Day Then Went on to Star in The Movie Longest Day
The realism – or lack thereof – with which war movies depict historical battles is one yardstick by which films in this genre are measured.…
WW2 Continues: Bombs & Mines Threaten Safety of People in Estonia
Even when wars end and gunfire is silenced, their reverberations carry on for years, sometimes for decades. Conflicts like World War II leave scars that…
Five Incredible & Inspiring Tales of Bravery from the Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was an intense test of aerial superiority between the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe. Following the conquest…
The 12 Top Secret Military Operations in History
It is not news that military outfits all over the world have large, sealed-off archives of highly classified information. Secret operations have been essential functions…
Three Italian PoWs Broke Out of a PoW Camp, Not to Escape But to Climb Mount Kenya For Fun!
When a prisoner of war concocts a plan to escape the prison camp in which he is incarcerated, his greatest is fear is usually being…
Man Arrested for Using Civil War Cannon in Neighbor Dispute – Like One Does
In this heavily populated world where much of the human population lives cheek by jowl in cities, it is not uncommon to find a neighbor…
The Japanese Thought this Tiny Island was Empty, They were Utterly Wrong
After Nishikaichi, an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilot, crashed his fighter into the tiny Hawaiian island of Ni’ihau in 1941, he may have failed…
WW2 Stockpile of 1.5 million Purple Hearts is Now Running Out – Originally Made For The Invasion of Japan
Nowadays the Purple Heart is widely known as the medal given to members of the United States military who are injured or killed in action…
Loose Change Nearly Cost Him His Life – But It Saved Him
Optatius Buyssens was on a reconnaissance mission near the Belgian town of Lebbeke in September 1914. The sound of loose change in his pocket attracted…
The Largely Overlooked Story of How Himmler “Saved” Thousands of Jews
He built the notorious Schutzstaffel (SS) from a battalion of a mere 290 men into a paramilitary group of over a million, established himself as…
How Napoleon Won The Propaganda War – He Was Good At It
Napoleon was not the first military leader to make use of propaganda to promote his image. But what made Napoleon’s approach unique was the extent…
The Mighty Iowa-Class Ships, Formidable Weapons
Is there still a place for battleships in modern naval combat? Were these great steel beasts sent out to pasture too soon? Commissioned in World…