The Men Who Made The Mightiest Military Ever – A Day in the Life of a Roman Legionary
Roman legionaries were among the most ruthlessly efficient soldiers in the ancient world. But even for these highly disciplined and well-equipped men, the armies that…
Pictures from the WW2 Warbird Factory in Los Angeles
Explore the WWII history of the company that later became a part of Boeing and made more aircraft from 1938 to 1944 than any other…
Two Soldiers Killed in WW2 Battle Identified And Returned Home After 74 years
In October of 2011, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was contacted by an Australian citizen in Papua New Guinea who drew their attention to possible…
The Battle of Tarawa: 76 Hours of Hell – 5,700 Dead for Twelve Square Miles
The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…
A Pyrrhic Victory For Germany In World War One – The Battle of Jutland
Even though Imperial German Navy was a well-prepared force during WWI, with a considerable amount of powerful vessels, it was still no match for the traditional…
In the 1950s, The U.S. Army Was Almost Defeated By North Korea
In the summer of 1950, U.S. faced a new threat. The Communist Bloc grew rapidly in 1949, when China opted to join. However, the U.S. still had…
Gargantuan US Airforce Warplane Boneyard (Watch)
Arizona is the final resting place of US Airforce’s aircraft and has been since World War Two ended. There are thousands of aircraft that have…
ISU-152 Heavy Assault Gun From World War 2 With Massive 152.4 mm Howitzer
During World War II, the Soviets developed a massive mobile gun to defend against the German tanks. It was based on the KV-1S tank and…
Robbery and Murder Under Cover of the London Blitz in World War Two
German Air Raids on Britain were a feature of World War II, with bombing raids concentrating on strategic ports, important manufacturing cities and the capital…
USS Samuel B. Roberts – “Destroyer Escort That Fought Like a Battleship” in the Battle of Leyte Gulf
USS Samuel B. Roberts had a short-lived but ferocious service. The ship was built in 1944 and was immediately sent to assist the Task Force…
AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ preserves Western Christianity
Few Empires emerged as quickly as that of the Muslim Caliphates. Bursting out from what is now Saudi Arabia in the mid-7th century, the Islamic…
The Man in this Iconic Photograph Refused To Salute Hitler – The Consequences Were Terrible
His gesture remains engraved in the minds of people around the world, yet August Landmesser’s name is not widely known. He is the man in the iconic…