Strange But True: When US & German Forces Defeated the Waffen SS
The inmates broke into the weapons room but could not leave the castle. The woods surrounding them were full of Waffen SS and Gestapo. Wars…
LST 510: Landed Tanks on D-Day is Now a Converted Car Ferry
Among their crews it was joked that LST stood for “Large Slow Target.” The D-Day operation took place almost eighty years ago. Practically every single…
Blood Transfusion Tripled Survival Rates: How WW1 Had an Impact on Blood Donation
More than a hundred years ago, Europe and America were convinced that serious and large-scale military conflicts were impossible. On January 1, 1901, in the…
Poles Apart -Grant & Lee -The American Civil War Generals
“Well, Mary, the question is settled,” said Robert E. Lee to his wife when his precious State of Virginia seceded from the Union and joined…
Mosquito Bite: Yours For a Cool $7 MILLION!
With a range of over 3,000 km (1,900 miles), a de Havilland Mosquito could fly from London to Warsaw and back. Are you tired of…
Washington-With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Washington was inaugurated as the First President of the United States on April 30, 1789. Henry “Light Horse” Harry Lee famously eulogized George Washington as,…
The Airman Who Fell 18,000 Feet Without A Parachute & Lived
Faced with a terrible choice – that of burning to death, or falling to his death, Alkemade chose the latter option. Aerial combat, like naval…
Forget Tanks: Meet The War Elephants of The 21st Century
AK-47 rifles, RPGs, pistols and revolvers, a few artillery pieces, and some homemade firearms. They also, however, have war elephants. The mention of the phrase…
A Tiger in Africa? The Iconic Tiger I Growling in Full Video Glory
Anything within its sights of 2000 meters was marked as prey. Out of all the German tanks during World War II, the Sd Kfz 181…
The Not So Noblewoman Who Turned Pirate
Her small fleet of three ships flew a bloody red banner and struck terror into the heart of the French fleet. The image many people…
Will the Last WWII Medal of Honor Recipient Lie in State?
Only four WWII Medal of Honor recipients are alive. From the top brass in US politics to the common people all around America, honoring US…
Pitch Invasion – The Football War
The next day the Honduran team was transferred to the stadium in armored vehicles. The history of human kind has seen a number of wars…