Modern | War History

The Mines At Messines – Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives – 20 have detonated, but 5 remain

Jack Beckett

In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…

The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s Secret Invisibility Research Program

Colin Fraser

What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity?…

Strange and Unique Weapons From Military History

Ian Harvey

World War Two saw massive leaps in technology as the countries involved wanted to advance their military capabilities, medical support and communications over their enemies.…

This Rogue Nazi General Committed High Treason To Stop The Reign of Terror in Croatia

Many heroes’ names line the pages of WWII history. Many of these men and women were not recognized and known to the public during their lifetimes…

The US Marine Corps’ “Longest Day” – June 6, 1918

By Guest Blogger Alan G. Gauthreaux “We wore the army uniform,” wrote Elton Mackin, a United States Marine on the Western Front in 1918, “and…

Probably Only Officer Court Martialed for Desertion Awarded Medal of Honor for Leading Bayonet Charge

Jeff Edwards

Some men were born to fight and so much so that they are not going to let few Army “suggestions” like not deserting your unit…

Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night, The WW2 Japanese Plan to Unleash Biological Warfare on the USA

World War II introduced the international community to a host of new horrors: Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps dedicated to death, Japan’s air-led destruction that turned…

The First Battle for Tunisia in World War Two

In November 1942, American and British forces landed in Tunisia. It was part of Operation Torch, the invasion that brought America into the Mediterranean theater…

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack

Colin Fraser

Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…

The German Officer Who Sacrificed His Life In A Minefield To Save An American Soldier

October 7, 1994, saw a strange sight over the Hürtgen War Cemetery in Hürtgen, Germany. The cemetery is the final home of 3001 bodies –…

Horror Of The Death Railway, Japan’s Project For WW2 Prisoners Of War

Holly Godbey

The Death Railway is only one of the names describing the Japanese project built in 1943 to provide support to its forces during World War II.…

The Second Battle of Artois – It Led To A Scandal That Changed The British Government

Fought in May and June 1915, the Second Battle of Artois was a significant engagement of WWI. Launched by Marshal Joffre, the French Commander-in-Chief, it…