The Beginning Of WW2 – Journalist Who Broke The Story Dies Aged 105
Thanks to a gust of wind, Claire Hollingworth got the greatest news scoop of the 20th-century. Hollingworth was the prominent female journalist of the war…
92nd Infantry Division, The Buffalo Soldiers – A Veteran Celebrates His 97th Birthday
Ray Robinson served in World War II as a member of the 92nd Infantry Division. Otherwise known as the Buffalo Soldiers, they were the only…
The Terrible Defeat That Led To The Bataan Death March
It was January 2, 1942, and the fall of Manilla in the Battle of Bataan that would give the US its first taste of the…
Top 5 Secret Military Bases from Around the World (Watch)
Hidden bases usually bring to mind fictional movies like Dr. No or Dr. Evil, but they do exist and the world’s secret bases are owned and…
A German and an American Meet at the end of WWII
War is full of brief encounters. A sudden glimpse of the face of an enemy; the brief sighting of an enemy submarine; or seeing a wounded…
General Burnside – The Swashbuckling Union General Who Pioneered Sideburns
What do a rifle, various railroads, the American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, the National Rifle Association, and sideburns have in common? Here is the…
Tank Profile: M551 Sheridan – Agility And Firepower In The Post-WW2 Age Of Armored Warfare
After WWII the classification of tanks was radically altered; there were no more light, medium and heavy tanks. All the roles were combined to fit…
The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From World War One And World War Two
Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…
Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2
In 1918 two teenage brothers posed for a photograph. The older brother has his arm protectively around the younger one. They are Heinze and Reinhard…
In WW2, The Germans Tried to Copy the de Havilland Mosquito – And Failed
The de Havilland Mosquito was one of Britains most iconic aircraft. The high-velocity airplane made entirely from plywood was landing severe blows on the Reich…
How Tanks Decided The First And Second World Wars
The concept of a military tank was not particularly new in 1916. However, the ability to move troops safely through combat territories with a vehicle…
Historian Alleges Nixon Interfered With Peace Talks In Vietnam In 1968
Historians have long surmised that Richard M. Nixon, the presidential contender in 1969, interfered with peace talks to end the Vietnam War, to bolster his…