The Invasion of Crete: The Great Paratroop Invasion Which Was So Costly For The Germans It Was Their Last
The age of the paratrooper arrived with the Second World War. For a brief yet significant period until the rise of the transport helicopter, paratroopers…
Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited!
In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…
Fury (2014): Historical Tactical Inaccuracy Of The Tiger Ambush Scene
Fury is an American film which was released in 2014. Written and directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt, it follows a United States…
The Battle for Normandy – Amazing Images from the Battlefields
In 1944 the Allies began to plan an invasion of France, then occupied by Nazi Germany. Germany was losing on the Italian and the Russian…
101st Airborne – Bastogne in WW2 – The Belt That Saved A Life
Battlefield guide Reg Jans tells the story about two paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion 506th who went looking for food outside their lines. A mortar…
At Last, Inappropriate Pokemon Go Locations are Being Removed
Pokemon Go uses a GPS-based virtual reality system to automatically generate important in-game locations – “pokestops” and “gyms” – at real-world land landmarks, however, some…
Have You Ever Seen Anything Like These Crazy WW2 Weapons?
Towards the end of World War II, Nazi scientists and engineers were working on a number of destructive and innovative devices. The Germans were losing…
Researchers Unlock Secrets of the Nuked Carrier USS Independence
Underwater archaeologists have determined the role USS Independence played after World War II. They used declassified government documents and sonar images of the shipwrecked vessel…
To Find A Lost WWII Buddy, Gene “Star Trek” Roddenberry Named A Villain After Him
Gene Roddenberry was a U.S. Army Air Force bomber pilot. He served in the Pacific from 1942 until 1945 when he was honorably discharged. He…
Forget Robin Hood: Meet the Mad Major Who Charged Ashore With Bow, Arrow & Longsword
History is full of heroes, but how many of them have carved their name into history with bow and arrow, at least in modern times?After…
Mayaguez Incident, The Last Battle of the Vietnam War, 3 Marines Were Left Behind And Executed
When a violent Khmer Rouge regime under the leadership of Pol Pot overthrew the Khmer Republic government, backed by the US, Cambodia was in the…
Coming Home After 70 Years – WWII Soldier’s Remains Returned to the USA
Dale Geddes was killed in the Battle of Tarawa in WWII in November of 1943 at the age of 21. For over 70 years his…