When Mexico And France Went To War Because Of A Pastry Chef
In the 1830s, a pastry chef made an appeal to the French king. As a result, France invaded Mexico, Corpus Christi in Texas was affected,…
9 Fascinating Facts About July 4th
With July 4th fast approaching, American families are stocking up on fireworks, lighting up the barbecues and getting ready for a fun-filled long weekend. While…
Pacific Plane Wrecks, Amazing pictures of Abandoned WWII planes
The Pacific Islands are still littered with plane wrecks from the fighting that took place there in WWII. Planes that crash landed in remote locations…
Model of 1919 Thompson Submachine Gun – the original Tommy gun (Watch)
Black and white gangster movies from the 1930’s were, and still are, hugely popular. The weapon of choice in these movies is almost always…
Charge Of The Light Brigade: Britain’s most famous Military Disaster
Storm’d at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred…
Fergus Anckorn – Saved His Fellow POWs By Performing Magic Tricks!
Fergus Anckorn who, during WWII, used magic as a means of saving both his own life and the lives of those around him, was born…
German President Remembers Soviet Sacrifices In WWII
German President Joachim Gauck, speaking at Berlin’s Soviet War Memorial on Wednesday 22nd June 2016, acclaimed the Russian victims of Germany’s Operation Barbarossa, 75 years…
Michael Herr Died – His Dispatches Brought The Vietnam War Home
“Dispatches is beyond politics, beyond rhetoric, beyond ‘pacification’ and body counts and the ‘psychotic vaudeville’ of Saigon press briefings. Its materials are fear and death,…
Award-winning author Gary Slaughter releasing memoir chronicling riveting first-hand experience as a Cold War Naval officer
Gary Slaughter made waves in the literary world when he released his multi-award-winning Cottonwood novels (Fletcher House). Now, he’s bringing to life his experience as…
Captured World War I-era Machine Gun Refurbished And On Display
Officials at the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site sent a World War I-era machine gun to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, to be restored. It has…
Eyewitness Testimony of Atomic Attack Preserved In ‘Hiroshima Archive’
An interactive mapping project has recently been translated in order to combine first-hand testimony from the many witnesses. The goal is to comprehensively document the…
July 3rd 1940, No Longer Allies, The British Sank The French Fleet At Mers-el-Kebir
Unable to stop the German advance in Europe, British soldiers fled through the Port of Dunkirk with French help. Weeks later, the British thanked their…