Italian Pigs – La Decima – Manned Torpedoes And Kamikaze Style Speedboat Attacks
Under the rule of Benito Mussolini, an Italian frogman unit called La Decima was created. This special unit consisted of men capable of the most…
Irena Sendlerowa Saved over 2,500 Jewish Kids From the Warsaw Ghetto, Smuggling Them Out in Suitcases or Medical Bags
During WWII, Irena Sendlerowa, a Catholic Polish social worker, saved 2,500 Jewish children from death. That’s more than Oscar Schindler managed with 1,200. Though recognized…
The Christmas Truce of 1914 – When the Impossible Happened
WWI was most notable for trench warfare, the conditions of which were often so horrific that it’s hard to imagine what these soldiers endured, day…
“A Nazi Guide to Christmas” Leaflet Found; Instructs Party Members How Christmas Should be Celebrated
Unearthed from an archive in the German city of Dresden is a leaflet with the printed title stating A Nazi Guide to Christmas. The said pamphlet lists a number of…
World War Two Unexploded Ordnance Found at the Bottom of Solent (Watch)
During World War II, the U-boat fleet, which dominated much of the battle of the Atlantic, was small at the beginning of the war and…
Incredible images Reveal PBY Catalina Wreck Lost In Attack On Pearl Harbor
At 7:55 on the morning of Sunday 7th December 1941, Japanese carrier-borne aircraft launched an unprovoked attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor,…
Sparta: Growth of an Empire
It is widely known that the Spartans produced some of the most brutally efficient warriors of all time, but how did they gain that reputation?…
One of the Funniest Men Alive, Mel Brooks Spent WWII Clearing Land Mines
The history of war is full of heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. And then, there are just…
Did You Know That China Invaded India When The World Feared Nuclear Meltdown During The Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Sino-Indian War of 1962 broke out because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. After the Chinese annexation of Tibet in 1950, many protested, but that’s…
Lightning Strike: Killing Admiral Yamamoto and Avenging Pearl Habor
Not only did the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7th, 1941 deal a devastating blow to the United States’ Navy and draw the nation into…
When He Ran Out of Grenades He Started Throwing Empty Beer Bottles and Earned the Victoria Cross
War tends to favor those with initiative and ingenuity and for Victoria Cross recipient Bill Speakman, he would evidently possess both. Some might think when…
‘The Man Who Saved the World’ – The Russian Who Avoided WWIII
The notion that one man alone could somehow avert a universal catastrophe or could potentially save the world has lost its age-old value with the…