Hellburners – 16th Century Weapons Of Mass Destruction Entire Ships Packed With Gunpowder
When one thinks of weapons of mass destruction, such as incendiary weapons that can raze towns to the ground, or bombs that can level cities…
Ulfberht, Mysterious Viking Sword Made With Technology That Didn’t Exist For Another 800 Years
Ulfberht: unique swords with the inscription +VLFBERHT+ on the blade, dated between the 9th and 11th centuries. In the Viking Age, the privilege of having…
James Barry: The Girl Who Became a Man, Fought with Florence Nightingale
Today, women openly serve in our armed forces as diligently as the men around them. However, in the past, women weren’t permitted to serve their…
Afrika Korps’ Last Soldier in America: In 1985 he Surrendered After 40 Years on The Run
During the Second World War, around 450,000 German prisoners of war were incarcerated in 700 camps across the United States. After the war ended, these…
Are you Nevada Tough? The Battleship That Survived a Nuclear Blast
From her conception in 1911 to her survival at Pearl Harbor and use as a target for atomic testing, the battleship Nevada had a remarkable career. She served…
US WW2 Sub Sunk Itself When its Own Torpedo Made a Full Circle & Struck It
On March 26, 1944, the submarine USS Tullibee made radar contact with a Japanese convoy carrying troops and prepared to attack it despite harsh weather conditions. It was…
Boss Hogg Served in the Korean War as a Counterintelligence Officer & Could Speak 5 Languages
There was quite a number of television shows from the late 1970s which easily had spectators feeling like they were watching paint dry. But The Dukes of Hazzard…
The Damage Done To Europe’s Forests By The World Wars – With Many Effects Still Being Felt Today
War is tremendously destructive, and not only in terms of its effects on human populations and the cities in which they live. In addition, there…
Flame and Citron: This WW2 Thriller is Based Historic Danish Resistance Heroes
Many nations have legends which say that a hero will return to save the day at a time when he or she is most needed.…
Teddy Roosevelt’s Son Quentin: Lost in Action, Honored by his Foe
The Roosevelt family is a regional and national fixture. On both sides of the political spectrum they have worked for reform in politics and liberty…
The Last Great Clash of the Galleys: The Battle of Lepanto 1571
Like Urban II and Innocent III, Pope Pius V sought to be a caller of crusades. The Ottoman Empire loomed over the fragile Catholic states…
How Nomans Land became a “no man’s land”
First of all, Nomans Land should not be confused with No Man’s Land which describes the land that separates two occupied areas which neither side…