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Sappers and Siege engines – Ivan the Terrible Conquers The city of Kazan

Jack Beckett

The army had been in place under the city walls for weeks. Ivan the Fourth, Tsar of all the Russians, accompanied his force in the…

Sinking the Tirpitz, Sister to the Bismarck and the Heaviest European Battleship Ever

Colin Fraser

The story of the World War II German battleship Bismarck is legendary. The massive warship was destroyed by British ships and planes and then scuttled…

Awarded the Medal of Honor For Bravery Whilst His Country Locked up His Family in an Interment Camp

George “Joe” Taro Sakato is a second-generation-born American of Japanese descent, which was why his family had to relocate during WWII. Despite this, he joined…

100s Killed In Tragic ‘Friendly Fire’ Incidents During The Airborne Assault on Sicily in 1943

Colin Fraser

Operation Overlord and the D-day landings on June 6th, 1944 were supported by a massive assault of airborne infantry, both paratroopers and men in large…

One Man Demolition Squad Who Personally Destroyed, With Grenades, SIX Enemy Posts, And More

Thomas Currie “Diver” Derrick wasn’t among the first to join the Australian military when WWII broke out in 1939. When he finally did join the…

Awesome Lego Movie: the German Invasion of the Soviet Union

Lego movies are an increasingly popular way to play with Lego. You are no longer restricted to just building things – you can now utilize…

Report reveals the CIA attempted to assassinate Castro using a scuba-diving suit

The U.S. National Security Archive has published information that the CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro using a diving suit contaminated with Madura foot fungus…

Shooting Down 7 Aircraft In One Day, This Marine Was Awarded The Medal Of Honor On His First Mission

Jeff Edwards

Lieutenant James Swett wasn’t the only man to become an Ace in one day during the war and nor was he the only Ace to…

6 Facts About Admiral Yamamoto, Pearl Harbor Planner Who Believed Japan Would Lose

The man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was an unusual and contradictory figure. A man with peaceful international connections around…

The 4 Types of Men Who Fought for Napoleon

The awesome power of the Napoleonic Empire was built on the blood and courage of millions of soldiers. Though Napoleon is remembered as an icon…

The Lockheed U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird – Top Secret Spy Planes

Joris Nieuwint

The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes about which there is not a lot known. Here we will learn some facts about them.…

Fromelles: The Worst 24 Hours In Australia’s Entire History – July 19th 1916

Horrifying loss was the defining feature of the First World War. For much of 1916, the focus of that horror on the Western Front was…