The Battle of Berlin & the Berlin Zoo, The Soviets Wiped Out One-Third of the Animals in One Night
The Berlin Zoo or “Tiergarten” opened in 1855 and was soon a popular attraction with families and visitors who came to observe strange and exotic…
Fire Against Fog: How the British Dealt With One of the Most Disruptive Aviation Challenges
Fog has always been a disturbance to aviation. Canceled flights, delayed landings, and of course, plane crashes have on many occasions been attributed to fog. No…
The Canadian Rambo, Jumped Into the Bunker & Took On 53 Germans & Won
It takes a special kind of man to be awarded the Victoria Cross – the highest military honor bestowed by the United Kingdom and Commonwealth…
After WW2 The 10th Mountain Division Veterans Started America’s Ski Industry
America’s entry into the Second World War required the mass mobilization of infantry on a scale not witnessed since the Civil War. To prepare properly…
The Japanese I-400-class Sub: The Largest Sub of WW2 Could Carry Capacity of 3 Torpedo Bombers
The Second World War was a driver of rapid technological advances in both Allied and Axis nations, and Japan’s I-400-class submarine surely ranks as one…
The Brave Catholic Priest Who Volunteered To Die In A Stranger’s Place
Auschwitz is a name that will live on through history as a dark reminder of the worst evils men are capable of perpetrating. Perhaps the…
Blitzkrieg Was Literally Fueled by Speed Part of an Effort to Make Individuals “superhuman”
The Third Reich, a nation built on drugs. This title reaches all the way up to the upper echelons of the Nazi hierarchy. We all…
Tamerlane Wiped Out Perhaps 17 Million People With Just Fire & Swords
Generally, people who study history don’t like to compare horrors. By engaging in debates about which war was the most costly, which epidemic killed the…
How a Vietnam War Photographer Saved Marines by Jumping on a Grenade, Awarded the Medal of Honor Posthumously
At the National Museum of American History, going through the Medal of Honor segment of The Price for Freedom: Americans at War, you would see…
Pegasus Bridge: Why Did a British Soldier Shell a Maternity Hospital On D-Day?
The scale and complexity of the Allied D-Day landings in World War II was immense, so some shocking events were inevitable. However, the French citizens…
USS Archerfish: Sinking the 72,000-ton Aircraft Carrier Shinano
USS Archerfish (SS-311) was a Balao-class submarine named after a toxotoid fish. The archerfish is an adept predator that shoots a high-pressure stream of water to stun…
I Visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, The More I Know, the Less I Understand
It’s the numbers I struggle with. 1.1 million people, murdered here in cold blood, is an unimaginable figure for me to comprehend. These people walked…