People Forget China’s conflict with Japan Cost at Least Ten Million Lives
Joseph Stalin once said: “The death of a man is a tragedy. The death of a million is a statistic.” Sadly, history seems to have…
Master Sergeant & His Men Saved 200 Jewish Soldiers in a Concentration Camp
Many, if not most, acts of heroism during war are loud, violent, and leave the hero or heroes shaken for the rest of their lives.…
Many Black GIs Found a Safe Place in Britain in Contrast to Racist Abuse From Their Fellow Countrymen
Today, many people have a slightly distorted view of the relationship between the British and the vast numbers of American servicemen that were ferried across…
Swiss & Swedish SS volunteers Fighting to “Save” the World From the Jews
During World War II, tens of thousands of foreign volunteers joined the Waffen-SS in what they believed was the fight to “save” western civilization from…
Shooting a Modified Aircraft Machine Gun From The Hip, he Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima
Soldiers throughout World War II had to be industrious. Sometimes fighting in remote corners of the world, or in circumstances that limited resupply or re-equipping,…
The Deadliest Single Days in War: You Will Surprised by Where & When
Psychologists, historians, philosophers, politicians, poets – all have tried to understand what seems at times to be a basic human need – not food, shelter,…
The Italian “Stalingrad” When 2,600 Canadian Men Were Sacrificed for a General’s Pride
Some 141 miles due east of Rome is the small city of Ortona. If Italy is a boot, then Ortona lies north of the heel…
Last US Casualty of WWI: Futile Gesture or Heroism?
War is a lot of things. Heroic. Interesting. World-changing and life-altering. Many things move us, anger us, and frustrate us when we reflect on war.…
Why Did French Police Helped the Nazis Deport France’s Jews
For many years after World War II, the French government and many historians, reeling from the experience of war and occupation, put forward a narrative…
Brazilian Who Hated Hitler won the Silver Star in Italy During WWII
We all know that the Second World War was truly a global war in the sense that battles were fought on many of the world’s…
The Red Baron’s “other” Planes Yes He Had More Than Just One Fokker
Though more than 100 years have passed and his record of aerial success was surpassed in WWII, to this day the flying ace that virtually…
Ike returned to Normandy with Walter Cronkite 20 years after D-Day
“Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many…