From Bombs to Transportation – How Animals Have Been Used & Have Saved Lives in Warfare
Warfare and animals. They go hand in hand, they always have. In a time when we now have high tech vehicles, bombs that can destroy…
Jeep Facts Every Jeep Owner Should Know
World War II saw the creation of one of America’s most beloved vehicles, the Jeep. Now primarily produced for consumer use, the Jeep was once…
Project Stargate: The name of a secret unit of the US military – to try & to gather military intelligence telepathically
Most people know Stargate as the name of a popular SciFi TV series. It has another, almost darker meaning, however. Beginning in the 1970s, the…
Things to Know About Spies in the American Civil War Including the Secret Line
The use of spying in the American Civil War was widespread. Neither the North or the South had a centralized agency to handle these matters.…
The United States Navy’s First Submarine – Lost at Sea
The USS Alligator was the first known submarine of the United States Navy. But it wasn’t the first American submarine. That was the “Turtle,” a…
Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards
In the early years of Adolf Hitler’s reign, guards within his concentration camps were primarily male. All that changed in 1942 when the first female guards…
His eyes express the madness of the war: Shell shocked soldier in a trench during the Somme Offensive
Shell shock was one of the major side effects of WWI. Many soldiers suffered from it, as it was caused by the heavy explosions and constant…
West Loch: The Pearl Harbor Disaster No-One Knows About
Everyone knows the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, but few people are aware there was a deadly event there in addition to the…
Operation Long Jump: Hitler’s Plan to Kill off his Enemies all at Once
Hitler came up with some pretty wild plans to achieve world dominance. Among them was an attempt to eliminate his enemies while they were together…
Real Life Air America: The CIA’s Covert Airline Used for Everything, including Drug Smuggling
The United States has lots of airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, etc. One airline most people have not heard of is Air…
Code Name: Cicero – Elyesa Bazna Was A Ruthless WWII Spy
Turkish secret agent, Elyesa Bazna, whose code name was Cicero, worked for Nazi Germany during WWII. How it All Began Born on July 28, 1904,…
A Nightmarish Place – The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp
The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp lies just North of Linz, in Austria. It was one of the first large concentration camps created in Nazi Germany and…