Tennis Court Battle: The Gore, Constant Fighting & Casualties Were Almost Unprecedented
Battles sometimes become readily identifiable by a name or phrase: Normandy, for instance, or the Battle of Britain. They instantly conjure images of where and…
The Best Plane in the World? The Supersonic Legend That is the SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 “Blackbird” is one of the greatest spy planes in history with a top speed of Mach 3.3 (4,074 kmph) and a ceiling exceeding…
Last Man Standing – Survivor of 71 Missions, POW & Last of the SOE Pilots
‘Stay low, stay on track, and stay alive’ was the motto of the RAF’s most secret Station, Tempsford. That’s exactly what Geoffrey Rothwell did. DFC…
Underrated: The Universal Carrier & its service in the German Army
The Universal Carrier, first produced in the 1930s, adopted a specific nickname during the first years of WWII: the Bren Carrier. This was due to…
How The US Lost 4 Nukes: B-52 Collided With A Tanker Aircraft
On January 17, 1966, a terrible plane crash that threatened the life of the whole country occurred over the Spanish settlement of Palomares. During refueling…
John Ripley Faced Enemy Fire for Three Hours to Stop the North Vietnamese Advance
Đông Hà, the northernmost city in South Vietnam, was once bustling with military activity. Home of the 4th Marine Division and a major helicopter base,…
Operation Safari & How The Danish Scuttled Their Own Navy
It is well known among those who study World War II that Vichy France scuttled its own navy in Toulon on November 27, 1942 as…
Inside the Sierra Army Depot Graveyard
After the final shots are fired in a war and the armistice is signed, there are still unanswered questions looming about what to do with…
MI5 “Agent Jack” Thwarted Plot to Kill Eisenhower & Montgomery
Two female Nazi sympathizers created a plan to kill Allied generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Montgomery. Marita Perigoe and Eileen Gleave had discovered where…
Young Lady of the Lake Discovers 1500-Year-Old Sword
July 15, 2018 was just another family day out at Lake Vidöstern for the Vanecek family. Nothing out of the ordinary had been planned, but…
True Crimes Including Stealing Children for the Master Race
It’s hard to imagine there are war stories as bad as the Holocaust of World War II, or the internment of Japanese citizens in North…
How the Mayor of Vilnius Dealt With Cars Parked in the Cycle Lane
The 15 ton amphibious eight-wheeled military vehicle barely slowed as it crushed the luxury car. In a video released by the mayor’s office, a man…