Fascinating Facts About ‘Platoon’ — Oliver Stone’s Best Movie
The movie Platoon and its iconic poster have, alongside films like Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now, become the ultimate representation of Vietnam War movies.…
1940s LVT Buffalo Dug Up In Remarkable Condition In The UK
A WWII armored vehicle has been uncovered near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, after spending 74 years buried underground. The vehicle is a WWII LVT-4 Buffalo, also known…
Families Aren’t Happy With Plans Not To Identify 85 USS Arizona Crewmen
The U.S. military has found itself in a tough situation regarding the identification of 85 sailors from the USS Arizona. In particular, the Defense POW/MIA…
How Wartime Rationing Helped The British Get Healthy
Rationing is often thought of as a type of “starvation diet,” but did you know that wartime rationing not only changed the dietary habits of…
American B-17 Wreckage Is At Risk In England’s Sandwich Bay
Local authorities in Kent, England, have been made aware that a WWII bomber crash site is vulnerable to looting, with evidence suggesting this may have…
Documentary Reveals This Rotting Breakwater Was Once A D-Day Landing Craft
A History Hit documentary has managed to “conclusively prove” that two wrecks at Poole Harbour, Dorset, are actually veterans of D-Day. The wrecks are in…
The Curious Case Of The US Camel Corps
On May 10, 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis personally wrote one of the most bizarre orders in American Army history. This order, addressed to…
Bizarre ‘Sausage War’: Savvy Finnish Vs. Hungry Soviets
On the 30th of November 1939, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops and thousands of tanks and aircraft flooded over the Finnish border. This was…
A South African War Hero Who Should Have Gotten The Victoria Cross
A family and campaigners are pushing to get Job Maseko, a South African WW2 hero, the recognition he deserves for his extremely brave exploits during…
When The Japanese Failed To Notice The Navy Had Cracked Their Code
The Battle of Midway was an integral part of America’s war in the Pacific Ocean. The battle resulted in extensive damage to the Japanese fleet,…
Project Habakkuk: The Aircraft Carrier Made Out Of Ice
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest-running campaign of WWII. The Germans had seized control of the mid-Atlantic, using U-boats to sink merchant and…
Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery: An Abandoned Graveyard That Uses Airplanes As Gravestones
Tucked away in an Estonian forest, only a short distance away from a NATO-controlled airstrip, lies an eerie sight. Ämari Pilots’ Cemetery, the final resting…