During The World Wars Men were Drafted Specifically to Bury the Dead
During a time of war, it is all too easy to ponder the complexities of the logistics involved with manufacturing, transporting, and supplying hundreds of…
The USS Enterprise’s ‘Bad Luck’ Saved It From Pearl Harbor And Turned It Into A ‘Ghost’
On December 7 1941 Japan carried out a vicious attack on the United States’ major naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack was a preemptive…
The Movie ‘The Day After’ Put Ronald Reagan In Damage Control Over Nuclear Weapons
The 1983 television movie The Day After depicts a dark scenario where tensions between the US and the Soviet Union escalate to the point of…
What Happened To The Famous Aircraft Nose Art Used By The US Military?
Adorning the nose section of an aircraft with a name or an image has been a long-standing tradition amongst American military flyers. The practice peaked…
The Mysterious Disappearance and Discovery of the Lady Be Good
On 4 April 1943, an American B-24D Liberator named Lady Be Good mysteriously disappeared while returning from a bombing run over Naples. The aircraft seemingly…
The 8 Greatest Comebacks in Military History
A military comeback is an opportunity rarely given to commanders. The chance to switch the tide of battle to one’s favor is incredibly rare, and…
The Stories Behind History’s Most Iconic War Photos
For nearly two centuries, photographers have been using images to document the horrors of war. This has led to some of history’s most famous and…
The Bat Bomb Proves The US Military Will Try Anything Once
Of all the weird experimental weapons conceived and tested during WWII, bat bombs were one of the strangest. The project attempted to attach small bombs…
Ajax AFV Problems Continue – Firm Responsible Makes £75m profit
The Ajax tank program began a decade ago and has cost the UK billions, but it has yet to produce a combat-ready vehicle. The program…
Robert Smalls: The Slave Who Stole A Warship, Escaped The Confederates, And Became A U.S. Congressman
The life of Robert Smalls is an epic underdog story of an illiterate slave from South Carolina who managed to free himself by escaping from…
The Fascinating Life of Albert Szent-Györgyi: Resistance Fighter And Nobel-Winning Scientist
Szent-Györgyi was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize, assisted the Hungarian Resistance during WWII, and was responsible for isolating vitamin C. Born in…
Unexpected Animals that Served (And Almost Served) In War
Animals have been an important component of war for thousands of years, either to supplement manpower with the movement of supplies and equipment or in…