Book Details Crucial Role of the British SAS in Italy During WWII
Malcolm Tudor has a special interest in the events of the Second World War in Italy as his Italian mother’s grandparents helped many Allied airmen…
Shot by both sides – The Browning High Power in WW2
Relatively few weapons were used by both Allied and Axis forces in World War Two, and the few that were (the Oerlikon cannon, for example)…
Did German Americans Actually Leave the US to Fight for Germany During WWII?
In the acclaimed HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers (2001), Tech. Sgt. Donald Malarkey, played by Scott Grimes, asks a German prisoner of war (POW) where…
Some of the Best Anti Tank Rifles
Tanks became the undisputed kings of the battlefield — lumbering steel boxes that crushed everything in their path while shrugging off machine gun and rifle…
The 1st Great Escape: Amazing Forgotten Story From WW1 PoWs Who Tunnelled Out of Camp Using Cutlery
The Hollywood movie, The Great Escape, earned worldwide fame for its cool actors and its loose connection to a real-life escape from a Nazi prisoner…
The Ottoman ‘Islamic Army of the Caucasus’ in Dagestan (1918)
At the end of World War I, the Ottoman Army achieved one of its greatest triumphs along the shores of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan and Dagestan. But…
Nazi Persecution of the Freemasons, Winston Churchill & Truman Were Freemasons
Amazon Prime is showing a video in which John Hamill, the Communications Director of the United Grand Lodge of England, gives an interview on the…
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh: The Last Pitched Battle Between England & Scotland
On September 10, 1547, the national armies of England and Scotland fought in a pitched battle at Pinkie Cleugh. Though no one knew it at the…
PART 1 – The search for Amelia – Missouri veteran served aboard ship that searched for famed 1930s aviator
Coming of age in a community of St. Louis referred to as the “Patch,” Fred Hoechst Jr. graduated from high school only to experience the…
Mitchell Paige: The Man Who Took on 2,500 Japanese Soldiers & Won
History has shown us that one person can turn the tide of a battle. There is no better example of this than Mitchell Paige. Paige…
Enigma No Longer A Mystery: Peeking Inside the Fabled Nazi Machine
The Enigma machine, used by the Nazis in World War II to send coded messages to agents and military personnel around the globe, has been…
Remembering WWII’s “Black Thursday” In All 25 Percent of the Attack Force was Lost
During World War II, most of the ball bearings required for the Nazi army’s military and support vehicles were manufactured in Schweinfurt in eastern Bavaria.…