This Lieutenant Colonel Took Out Two Machine Gun Posts With A Pistol And Grenades, Singing As He Fought
Charles Anderson was a truly remarkable person. Not only did he serve and live through two world wars, but he also collected medals for bravery…
Happy Christmas From the Western Front – A Hero Too Hot To Handle
A Christmas card sent 100 years ago by one of the First World War’s most heroic tank officers is to go on display for the…
Edwin Swales VC: This Lancaster bomber pilot’s sacrifice saved his crew, when the wreckage of the plane was discovered, Swales was dead at the controls
The stories of Victoria Cross winners are always breathtaking, the actions they took are always extraordinary – which is why they have been awarded the…
The Tragic Loss of Nathan Bruckenthal, The Only US Coast Guard Casualty of the Iraq War
The Iraq War is most often remembered for its ground combat. The insurgency which gripped the country after the fall of Saddam Hussein focused its…
A Homeland Denied: In the Footsteps of a Polish POW – By Irena Kossakowski
Illustrated with photographs and documents, “A Homeland Denied: In the Footsteps of a Polish POW ” is not just a military history book. It is the story of my…
World War Two from Beginning to End
Not everyone was happy when the First World War ended, and it was not just the Germans, who were severely punished for their role in…
When The USA And The UK Nearly Went To War Over An Island With A Pig
Though America became independent of the British Empire in 1776, the British didn’t actually leave. Where the United States of America ended and where British-America…
Occult And Esoteric Practices – Four Nazis With Dark Links To The Occult
There are few regimes and organizations in European history so universally condemned for their evil actions as the Nazis. Their leader, Adolf Hitler, led Germany…
“Hell’s Point” – The Battle of Alligator Creek In The Guadalcanal Campaign
The Guadalcanal Campaign was the first major American offensive of WWII. During the fighting, American forces witnessed the dedication and ferocity of the Japanese troops…
Irv Refkin – The American Jewish Hero Who Spied For The Allied Forces In World War II
Many of the oldest living heroes of World War II are beginning to pass away. In 2017 alone, Joy Lofthouse, one of the few women…
The Trumpets of Jericho – How the Luftwaffe Used Sirens Attached To Stuka Dive Bombers To Cause Panic And Fear Among Their Enemies
Probably the most iconic German aircraft during WWII, the Stuka dive bomber became the symbol of a string of successful campaigns in the early stages…
While His Maniac Brother was Busy Killing Innocents, Albert Göring Worked Tirelessly to Save Them
What would happen to your family should one of your siblings join a deadly political beast? If you were a member of the Göring family…