10 Underhanded Ways The Spanish Franco Regime Aided Hitler And The Axis Powers in WWII
Most histories of the Second World War tell the same story of the clash between the Allied and the Axis powers. German and Italian forces…
The US Marine Corps’ “Longest Day” – June 6, 1918
By Guest Blogger Alan G. Gauthreaux “We wore the army uniform,” wrote Elton Mackin, a United States Marine on the Western Front in 1918, “and…
The first supersonic jet bomber: B-58 “Hustler”
Soon after the WWII, when the development of the first jets succeeded, scientists had to address the problem of breaking the sound barrier. During the…
Militracks: The Largest Gathering of German World War II Vehicles
The Oorlogsmuseum Overloon is an impressive Dutch war museum that concentrates on the history of the Second World War in the Netherlands and operation Market…
Warrior Monks of Feudal Japan—These Monks Did Not Always Practice Peace
Imagine a Monk What do you see? Do you imagine the traditional Zen Buddhist monks of Japan, shaven-headed men in bright robes sitting in meditation…
Scandal of the Century – New Book Claims USA Knew Of Pearl Harbor Plans For Months
Few words are more disheartening to Americans than Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “day of infamy,” and few photos more provocative than the image of the burning…
Recollections and Experiences of a United States Troop Carrier Squadron Officer in Normandy
In memory of Col. Frank W. Hansley (1917-2003) Air power was a key component to the Allied victory in WWII. The mobility and maneuverability of…
The Day That Stuka Pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel Sank The Soviet Battleship Marat
The 20-year-old Silesian pastor’s son, Ulrich Rudel, began his pilot training for the German Luftwaffe in 1936. Rudel volunteered for the new dive-bombing Stuka formations…
Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day 4 June 1940 (Watch)
Dan Snow gives us a day-by-day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. June 4th 1940 – Operation Dynamo comes to an end.…
The Lost Tommies in Colour
In 2011 a team of researchers, led by Australian journalist Ross Coulthart, made an incredible discovery. They uncovered a collection of hundreds of photographs from…
Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day 3 June 1940 (Watch)
Dan Snow gives us a day-by-day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On June 3rd, 1940 – the evacuations are winding down…
TURN in Real Life: Abraham Woodhull, Setauket, and the Real Culper Spy Ring
In AMC’s drama TURN: Washington’s Spies, we follow Abraham Woodhull and company as they play a cunning game of deceit and trickery to gather intelligence…