Statue For Sgt. Reckless, The Heroic Horse Who Saved Lives And Supplied The Troops In The Korean War
A horse that did not seem to dislike beer, scrambled eggs, and candy bars was honored recently at Camp Pendleton with a bronze statue by…
Kate Middleton’s Grandmother Was A WWII Codebreaker
Kate Middleton became Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, when she married the British Royal Family’s Prince William in 2011. Her husband is second in line for the…
Mel Gibson’s New Epic Movie ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Tells The Story Of A Conscientous Objector Who Saved Lives On The Front Line
Hacksaw Ridge is a movie based on the true story of Desmond Doss, who served during World War II as a combat medic. The movie was…
Mystery Still Surrounds The Fate Of The Heroic Swedish Diplomat Who Saved Thousands of Lives in WW2
Of all the mysteries arising from the Second World War perhaps none is more perplexing than the fate of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who thwarted…
Honoring the Hair-Raising Heroics Of Second World War Intelligence Agents
Forget about the derring-do of spy James Bond. The successful mission by John Billings in dropping by parachute three Office of Strategic Services (OSS) spies…
Churchill’s War Rooms – An Underground WW2 Command Center In The Heart Of London, England
For someone who disliked the War Rooms during the Second World War, Sir Winston Churchill nevertheless carried on at winning the six-year conflict. Located only…
How The American Civil War Even Reached As Far As The Pacific Coast
The American Civil War, despite the country’s relatively small official footprint at the time, stretched across North America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Then,…
8 Facts – American PoW Camps – A Necessity Of War, From The Dark Days Of The Civil War To WW2
1. The Beginning of the U.S. PoW System The United States has housed prisoners of war since its inception as a country. During the Revolutionary War,…
The Many Types Of Ships Used In The Napoleonic Wars
It is a common misconception that the Navies of the Napoleonic Wars used only massive ships, crewed by hundreds of men, which would slowly close and…
Haunting Pics Of A Rare Tu-128 – The Largest and Heaviest Soviet Fighter
The Tupolev Tu-28, a Soviet long-range interceptor from the 1960s, had the NATO reporting name Fiddler. At the time, it was the largest and heaviest…
Simplicity – General Montgomery’s Battle Plan for D-Day Was Hand-Written On One Page
The D-Day invasion was one of the most complex military operations ever undertaken. 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel in one day, with support from…
Aid For US WW2 Veterans Who Were Exposed to Mustard Gas In Experiments
Current Missouri senator Claire McCaskill is planning to put forth legislation to help veterans of World War II who were exposed to mustard gas. These…