The wounded Arkansas NFL Legend who saved his Battalion’s Position
The world of sports is often said to serve as but a shadow or reflection of war. There are physical rigors, stressful scenarios, and often…
FOR SALE: P-47 Thunderbolt – Not Very Often These Come onto the Market….
The Thunderbolt was one of the heaviest and largest fighter planes ever built; it was also only powered by a single piston engine. It was…
How Dr. Morell Made Hitler A Cocaine Junkie
By Elaine Fields Smith At last, a reasonable explanation for dictator Adolf Hitler’s maniacal behavior. The Fuhrer was on drugs thanks to Dr. Theodor Morell.…
Montgomery Was Shot Twice During WWI – And Other Things You Might Not Know About Him
Bernard Montgomery, who was to become one of the most outstanding of British military leaders, was born in London in 1887. His grandfather was General…
The Battle of Monte Cassino and the Breaking of the Gustav Line
The main fixture of these nearly insurmountable defenses that General Sir Harold Alexander, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy threw the bulk of his…
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…
The Altmark Incident – The Royal Navy Freed 299 POW But Caused Norway To Be Invaded By Nazi Germany
In 1940, a tanker was transporting 299 British POWs to Germany. As it passed through neutral Norwegian waters, the British mounted a successful rescue operation,…
2 February 1943 – The End of the Battle For Stalingrad
The largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, the Siege of Stalingrad lasted over five months and resulted in somewhere between 1.7 and…
Operation Market Garden In Color!
Operation Market Garden was the plan by Field Marshal Montgomery to outflank the German fortified Siegfried line by going through The Netherlands. The Netherlands is…
The Bone Collector of Guadalcanal
Seventy years after the last rifle shot, Japanese soldiers are still going home. Roderick Eime, sends one fallen warrior on his way. He’d lay there…
Georg “Bloodhound” Morgen – The Only SS Judge Who Brought Nazis To Trial
When thinking of World War II, there are some undeniable images and individuals that we cannot help but think of: Adolf Hitler and his terrifying…
Stalin’s son Yakov Dzhugashvili captured by the Germans. He ‘died’ in a PoW camp
Everyone knows Joseph Stalin, but most aren’t familiar with his familial life, particularly his eldest son, Yakov. The tumultuous relationship between father and son created…