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Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1932 – Long Before Alan Turing

Ian Harvey

The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…

Blue Angels Fat Albert Crazy Gut-Wrenching Take Off (Watch)

Fat Albert is the name given to a twenty-four-year-old C-130 Hercules aircraft. The Hercules is a troop transporter, and Fat Albert performs an important role…

Andy Murray Commemorates the Battle of the Somme With Sport Remembers Campaign

The Royal British Legion has launched a slightly different commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme with their “Sport Remembers” campaign.…

Jacklyn H. Lucas – Mr Immortal – Awarded the MoH age 17 – Used His Body To Shield His Squad From Two Grenades

For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…

Fast Facts – One Of The Bloodiest Battles In WW1 – The Battle of the Somme

One of the most destructive events of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme was a 142-day campaign including a series of smaller…

Harwich, Massachusetts Honors Missing WWII Pilot With Bridge Named After Him

Despite a letter in 1943 from U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Robert Jones that her husband, Navy pilot Ralph Wallace Burns was missing, she never stopped…

Holocaust Deniers: Denying The Historical Record

History states that six million Jewish people, including one and a half million children, were murdered by the Nazi regime between the years 1941-1945. Despite the…

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…