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By Sacrificing Himself Coast Guard Douglas Munro Saved 500 Marines From Being Slaughtered

Gabe Christy

The United States Coast Guard was founded on a tradition of taking small boats into dangerous conditions to save lives. This skill made Coast Guard…

Bringing Home The 8 Million Boys After WWII; Operation Magic Carpet

Elly Farelly

Victory in Europe – what happens next? After victory had been declared in Europe and the Second World War had come to an end with…

When the Chinese Stole a Soviet Tank, They Nearly Went Nuclear

In 1900, Russia signed the Treaty of Beijing which gave them Outer Manchuria and other Chinese lands. When both countries became communist, their nagging border…

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?…

This Man Refused To Salute Hitler, And Here Is Why

His gesture remains engraved in the minds of people around the world, yet August Landmesser’s name is not widely known. He is the man in the iconic…

Saddam’s Secret Super Gun – Project Babylon

Project Babylon was an Iraqi code name for the construction of a supergun, commissioned by Sadam Hussein in 1988. The engineer in charge of the…

Vietnam War Pilot to Receive Medal of Honor for Saving 44 Soldiers

Jeff Edwards

The old adage of “never leaving a man behind” is often repeated in military circles and spoken with sincere emotion.  However, the reality of warfare…

Sir Winston Churchill – The Greatest Briton Ever

In 2002, the BBC launched a nationwide poll asking Britons who they thought the Greatest Briton was. Among those nominated were William Shakespeare and Princess…

8 Great WWI Movies in Honor of the Great War’s Centenary

Here are 8 great war movies in honor of the Centenary of the First World War. 1. J’accuse (1919) The first in our list of…

8 Reasons for the French Military Disaster at Dien Bien Phu

Arrogance. Ignorance. Poor planning. These were the weapons with which French commanders fought the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and with which they ensured their…

The MASSIVE 60cm German Siege Mortar Karl

During World War 2, the Germans were famous for designing and producing mega war artillery. One of the most notable German Mortar Guns was the…

How A Small Group Of Canadian Paratroopers Saved Denmark From Soviet Occupation

By May 1945 the war in Europe had finally started to wind down. Yet for the men of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, there was…