When They Dropped a 22,000 lb Grand Slam Bomb On This Massive Submarine Factory, It Barely Made A Dent
Erich Friedrich Michael Lackner is considered to be one of the most influential engineers of the last century. He developed a revolutionary type of concrete…
U-570 In the WW2 Battle of the Atlantic – The Only Submarine To Ever Be Captured By An Aircraft
There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…
Attack on Pearl Harbor – Awakening The Sleeping Giant
It is a fact that the attack on Pearl Harbor is amongst the darkest pages in the history of the United States. It was the…
The Tet Offensive: A Bloody and Dramatic Campaign
In the late evening hours of January 30, 1968, the Vietnamese New Year began. This annual celebratory event, known as Tet, signaled the coming of…
Church of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s War Against the Sea… And Mexico
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (often referred to as “L. Ron Hubbard” or simply as “LRH”) was the controversial founder of an even more controversial religion –…
Sammy L. Davis: The Real Forrest Gump, Who Was Awarded the Medal of Honor for his Heroic Actions in Vietnam
While it might be disappointing to find out that there was no single individual who became a football star at Alabama, received the Medal of…
Operation Tiger – Forgotten WWII Excersise That Turned Into A Catastrophe
Operation Overlord was the biggest offensive planned by the Western Allies against the Nazis, who had overrun most of Europe. Decisive action was necessary so…
How Prize Thoroughbred Horses Were Rescued After Germany’s Surrender in WWII
In the last days of World War II, a secret operation was approved by General George Patton to rescue 500 of Europe’s finest thoroughbred horses.…
The Gulf of Tonkin – How The US Worked Its Way Into The Vietnam Conflict
Ten years after the disastrous defeat of the French Army in its former Asian colony of Indochina, the divided Vietnam once again captured the world’s…
Bad Leadership, Old Tactics, and Modern Hardware Cause Carnage on the Eastern Front in the First World War
The Brusilov offensive was Russia’s greatest military triumph of World War One, but also the scene of one of that nation’s most misguided and disastrous…
3 Top Japanese Fighter Aces
While the Allies and the Axis powers all had their own strong aircraft support, the pilots sitting behind their control panels had skill and expertise…
Fought Japanese in China When 15, Then Franco in Spain and In WWII Europe, Killed 6 Germans and Took 2 POW During a Heroic Charge, Awarded MoH in 1997
One look at the life of Medal of Honor recipient Edward Allen Carter and it doesn’t take you long to realize that this was a…