Chicago Honors Easy Company, Heroes of Operation Market Garden In The Second World War
The City of Chicago paid tribute recently to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and 101st Airborne Division, more popularly known as Easy Company.…
Last Surviving Doolittle Raider Remembers America’s Daring Bombing Raid On Japan
At Perry-Houston County Airport in Georgia, a B-25 Mitchell bomber called Show Me , recently, sat at the end of a Runway 36. Aboard was Richard E.…
Group Rallying To Raise Funds To Bring Remains Of American WWII Veteran Home
American Legion Post 516 is named after Willie B. Hatcher, a World War II veteran who left a pregnant wife at home to fight in…
Volunteer Divers Survey Wreck from 1807 In Stormy Waters Off Northern Scottish Islands
In 1807, the Dutch warship Utrecht was driven off course by a blizzard on her maiden voyage. The ship was stranded in February 1807 with…
Dutch Company Accused of Profiting by Looting Warship Wreck From the Battle of Jutland
The Dutch salvage firm Friendship Offshore is under fire from Maritime heritage organizations in the UK and in Denmark which have accused the company of…
The Vietnam War: 11 Major Battles
The Vietnam War lasted from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975, officially between North Vietnam (North Vietnam) and South Vietnam (South Vietnam). In reality, it…
Top 5 Battles Where Fighting Spirit Overcame The Odds
Battles can be lost for a hundred different reasons. Poor numbers, unwise strategy, inferior weapons, the list goes on. But just occasionally, a fighting force…
The Controversial, Failed Easter Rising – In The End It Changed the World
The Easter Rising of 1916 is a controversial event, down even to when it should be celebrated. Tradition dictates that it is to be celebrated…
He Survived 25 WW2 Missions As A B-17 Tail Gunner, Then Voluteered For More!
John Andre (née Andrejansky), from a family of 14 children, grew up on a dairy farm in Stonersville in Berks County, Pennsylvania. As a young…
Enemies Within And Without – Caligula, Arminius and Vercingetorix – Most Hated Men Of Ancient Rome
If you haven’t seen the first post covering the Roman Republic, here it is. Rome hated a lot of people over the thousands of years…
The U.S. Air Force – Replacing the A-10 Warthog
Lieutenant General Mike Holmes, the U.S. deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, says that the Air Force is looking at the future…
5 Insanely Creepy Stories From The Two World Wars
Undoubtedly war is an ugly business, but at times war forces humans to cross the boundaries of humanity and come up with ideas that could put the…