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…
These Unusual US Military Experiments Prove Nothing is Too Far-Fetched to Try
Some of the most interesting moments in military history are the experiments that happen behind the scenes and never see the light of day –…
The Last Time a US Navy Vessel Sunk Another Ship And How It Happened
Currently, the only operational ship in the US Navy to have sunk another vessel is the 220-year-old USS Constitution, a wooden-hulled three-masted heavy frigate that…
A Look Into The Extreme Conditions Prisoners Endured In Soviet Gulags
The Gulag prison system was the Soviet Union’s way of dealing with political dissidents and those they felt were harmful to the Communist regime. While…