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Doomsday Bunkers For The Super Rich – The Place To Be During A Nuclear Winter

Where is the best place to hide out in the case of nuclear war? For the super rich, the best place is a luxurious underground…

When The French Army Invaded Germany in 1939 To Support Poland, All Did Not Go As Planned

Germany was not the first country to go on the offensive on the western front of World War Two. That first attack came from France,…

Amazing Story Of The Japanese Soldier Who Did Not Surrender Until 29 Years After The End Of WW2

After the atomic bombs had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan announced its surrender on August 15, 1945, bringing World War II to an…

New Film By Master Storyteller Ken Burns Tells Tale of Christians Saving Jews During Holocaust

Only five Americans are listed as Righteous Among the Nations at Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem. Righteous Among the Nations is a title recognizing non-Jews…

The Evacuation of Dunkirk, The Evacuation That Kept Britain’s Hopes Of Victory Alive

The events of May and early June 1940 were equal parts disaster and Miracle. For France, it was a complete disaster – a total military defeat by…

Legendary British WW2 Field Marshal Montgomery – “Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance, insufferable in victory”

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, widely known as Monty, was the foremost British commander of the Second World War. Popular with his troops, he was less…

Five Influential Historical Generals Who Were Actually Mad

Andrew Knighton

A shocking number of military leaders have suffered from mental health issues, even as they held the lives of the men they led in their…

What if the Teutoburg Disaster Didn’t Happen

“What if” history questions can be a divisive. Some view them as an exercise in futility, a place where no serious historians should go. Others…

Lewis Millett – Veteran Of Three Wars

Lewis Lee Millett was born in Maine on 20 December 1920. He grew up in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts in a family with a strong military…

Outnumbered 10 to 1 – In The Korean War, UN forces Held Off A Chinese Force 10 Times Their Size For Two Days

The Battle of Chipyong-ni has been labeled as ‘the Gettysburg of the Korean War’ and has been singled out as one of the greatest regimental…

The Curious Tale of an Extremely Jinxed Ship – The USS William D. Porter (DD-579)

During WWII, the Allies had a ship so jinxed, it destroyed itself by nearly destroying something else. And yes, you read that correctly. The USS William…

Many Australian Soldiers Died in the Battle of Pozieres; It is Time to Honor Them

One of the bloodiest battles of World War I took place in the small French village of Pozieres. Records show that almost as many Australians…