Harrowing Vintage American Footage From The Battle of the Bulge (Watch)
As the Second World War drew towards its final year, with the Allied forces pushing further into Occupied Europe, Germany launched their last major offensive.…
As WW1 Approached, This Controversial Military Reformer Was Making His Mark
Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley was one of the most important military thinkers in the Victorian British army. Rising to a position of prominence in the…
FUSAG: The Ghost Army – Patton’s D-Day Force That Was Only A Threat In The Enemy’s Imagination
An army can help win a war without even existing. Strange as that may seem, this is exactly what happened in the case of the First United…
Who Led The Knights And How: Military Leadership In The Hundred Years War
The Hundred Years War was one of the most protracted wars of the Middle Ages. For over a century, the French and English monarchies battled…
Get Out of Jail Free – How Monopoly Helped Allied POWs Escape
Imagine the following scenario: you’re with the Allies during WWII. Fortunately, your side eventually won. Unfortunately, you’ve ended up in a Nazi POW camp before…
4 Reasons Hannibal Couldn’t Win The War For Carthage
Hannibal Barca inflicted one of the worst defeats ever suffered by the Roman army at the battle of Cannae. Nearly 70,000 men were killed in…
This Plane Was Going At Mach 3+, The Amazing SR-71 Blackbird
Imagine a plane that could travel at three times the speed of sound. That’s 1,030 meters every second or 1.03 kilometers (.65 miles)! The United…
Nail-Biting Gulf War Footage Of An F-16 Dodging SAM Missiles Over Iraq
Check out this amazing video of an F-16, callsign Stroke 3, dodging six SAM launches during Desert Storm. The Gulf War, which lasted from 2…
Five Facts – Ulysses S. Grant: Hero Of Two Wars, Author, And 18th President Of The United States (Watch)
A great general and a divisive president, Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27th, 1822. He fought first in the Mexican-American War, but found…
This Amazing Corsair Display Shows Why The Japanese Feared The “Whistling Death”
What was the role of the Corsair in World War 2? You are about to find out with this video. The Corsair was manufactured by…
The Restored B-29 Superfortress “Doc” Was Made Airworthy By The Dedication Of Veterans And Volunteers
Tony Mazzolini had a big plan. A very big plan, it turns out. The Korean War vet became obsessed with restoring the last restorable B-29…
WWII Vets Share Wartime Memories at National Veterans Day Commemoration
A small group of World War II veterans shared stories of courage and service at the annual Veterans Day ceremony in Washington, DC. William Tippins…