Researchers Locate The Real Blackadder Namesakes in World War I Records
On the 100th anniversary of World War I, a military genealogy site has found an actual Captain Blackadder, a Private Baldrick, a Lieutenant George, and…
Restoring Honor – The Americans Take Hill 609 in WW2 Tunisia
In most battles, the commanders are focused on proving their superiority over the enemy. But in April 1943, when American troops assaulted Axis positions on…
The Horror of the Lwów Ghetto in WW2
The day was July 26, 1944, when the Polish city of Lwow was finally liberated by the advancing Red Army after fierce clashes with the…
Churchill Ordered Millions Of Pounds Paid in Bribes to Keep Spain Out Of World War Two
What would you do if you were the Prime Minister of Great Britain and you discovered that one of the previously neutral countries in WWII,…
The Last Of The Defeated Germans To Surrender In World War Two
Germany finally capitulated on May 8th, 1945, leaving Europe in ruins, but at peace once again. First, Alfred Jodl prepared the ground by signing the…
Operation Linebacker II – The Massive Bombing Campaign That Brought Peace In Vietnam
Operation Linebacker II was the ultimate oxymoron and a repetition of a favoured American tactic for bringing about peace on an Asian battlefield. Just like…
Leading by Example: John J. Pershing, Prime Mentor for Future US Army Generals
The United States greatest leaders, including Patton, Truman, and MacArthur, spent the formative years of their military careers under the command of General of the…
Korean War: The US Pilot Who Chased a MiG to China To Shoot It Down, then Survived the Hanoi Hilton
James Robinson “Robbie ” Risner was an American military pilot, a double recipient of the Air Force Cross and a hero of the Korean and…
Captain Charles Fryatt, The Brave Ferry Captain Who Rammed German U-Boats in WW1
When does the attempt to defend oneself, one’s property or the men and the women under one’s charge from capture – or worse – become…
Himmler’s Diary Gives Chilling Insights Into the Mind of One of the Most Powerful Men in Nazi Germany
Researchers have recently found the diary of Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler, who is considered the mastermind of the ‘final solution’ and many other atrocities of…
The Kamikaze Pilot Who Took His Wife With Him On His Last Flight
Even though World War Two had come to an end, the story of a Japanese couple who met their death in a deliberate kamikaze suicide…
Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne Market Garden Battles South of Veghel (Part 2)
Operation Market Garden, it is September 24th 1944 and we are in the 6th day of the ill-fated operation. Earlier that day the Germans tried…