Fascinating Abandoned Military Bases From All Around The World
Military bases and installations, built to last only a few years or to support a 1000-year Reich have been left abandoned across the globe. Some…
The Amazing Story of the Merrills – Reunited Years After Each Thought the Other Dead
War often tears families apart, leaving them mourning those lost to violence or the deprivation that follows. But sometimes their stories have a happy ending.…
The Luftwaffe’s Trial Run – 1937 Bombing of Guernica
The Bombing of Guernica was one of the first aerial raids on defenseless civilians ever to happen. It occurred on April 26th, 1937, in the thick…
Things The Russians Did Right During Operation Barbarossa
In June 1941, Operation Barbarossa began, setting off a bloodbath that was supposed to bring the Soviet Union to its knees. Yet when Adolf Hitler…
Audie Murphy – Troubled American Medal of Honor War Hero and Epic Hollywood Star
One of the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy, was born on the 20th June 1925. His life story…
Scariest Nuclear Bomb Accidents in History
Nuclear bombs, the ultimate weapons of mass destruction. It would stand to reason that a ridiculous amount of safety protocols would exist to prevent an…
Living Legacies: the Real Band of Brothers Vets Who Just Won’t Quit
There are those who merely exist in life, simply going through the motions and completing the average tasks required for another day. Then there are…
American Propaganda in World War II
Wartime relations can cause a country to get down – as we saw in the United States during Vietnam – to a point where a…
Everything You Need To Know About The Massive Soviet ISU-152
During World War II, the Soviets developed a massive mobile gun to defend against the German tanks. It was based on the KV-1S tank and…
The Korean War – A Messy Conflict In The 1950s
The Korean War was fought as a result of the Soviet Union moving into what is now North Korea and the United States moving into…
Tommy Prince Was So Quiet, Sometimes Instead Of Killing Germans He Would Steal Their Shoes
Tommy Prince was born on October 15th, 1915, in Scanterbury Manitoba Canada in a family of eleven siblings. He left school at an early age…
Unseen Pictures Of The Biggest Tank Battle of WWII
Following their defeat at Stalingrad during the winter of 1942-43, the German armed forces launched a climactic offensive in the East known as Operation Citadel…