5 Facts: One of the Most Terrifying Weapons in the World – Flamethrowers
Warning: contains shocking material. This video shows the applications in battle of one of the most psychologically terrifying weapons in the world. What is a flamethrower?…
Watch this Spooky Drone Footage Of The Destroyed Building In Stalingrad Left Untouched Since 1943
The Battle of Stalingrad (a city in southern Russia, now called Volgograd) was one of the bloodiest and longest battles in history. Over two million…
Outrage As Churchill’s Home becomes Hitler’s Headquarters For Movie
War veterans are aghast that Blenheim Palace will double as Hitler’s headquarters for Michael Bay’s latest film. The transformation of Winston Churchill’s former home into the…
Newspaper Magnate Was on Friendly Terms with Nazis
Files released under the Freedom of Information Act to the editor of Gizmodo’s Paleofuture blog reveal that Norman Chandler, who became publisher of the Los…
Mexican – American War Remains Return Home
The US army’s chief medical examiner and director of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Col. Louis Finelli, says it’ll take a few months to…
Family lifts opposition to the design of a memorial to Dwight Eisenhower
A long-standing hurdle to the design of a memorial to former U.S President Dwight Eisenhower has been resolved, with the family agreeing to a compromise. Eisenhower,…
Minnesota Honoring Medal of Honor Recipients
A ceremonial groundbreaking took place on the grounds of the state capitol last week, which marked the start of building a memorial to the Minnesotan…
World War One Tank, Lost Since the Battle of the Somme, Rises from its Grave in France
It isn’t that unusual for Second World War aircraft to be unearthed completely with the remains of the pilot. What is unusual is to find…
Things Nearly Went Nuclear When the Chinese Stole a Soviet Tank
In 1900, Russia signed the Treaty of Beijing which gave them Outer Manchuria and other Chinese lands. When both countries became communist, their nagging border…
How a Brilliant Wartime Mathematician and Code Breaker Was Driven to Suicide by Prejudice
How very sad it is when the prejudices of a society result in the promulgation of harsh laws within a system of justice which results…
In The 1970s, The U.S. Considered Invading The Oil-Rich OPEC Countries
In 1973, the oil embargo was enforced against the U.S. by the Arab oil-producing states because they were unhappy with the aid the U.S. supplied to…
The Day of the Rangers – The True Story That Inspired The Movie Black Hawk Down
When Ridley Scott’s “Black Hawk Down” came out in 2001 it had all the features that make a great movie. As well as drama, tension…