“Oswald Boelcke – Germany’s First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat” – Review by Mark Barnes
Oswald Boelcke’s untimely death as a result of a mid-air collision was, without question, an immense loss to German military aviation during the First World…
Disease, Starvation, and the Brutal Russian Winter – Why Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia Did Not Succeed
In 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée (Great Army) invaded Russia. Though made up of about 680,000 soldiers, they lost. Historians have given many reasons as to…
Shooting the German MP40 submachine gun
The MP40 submachine gun was made to use with the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. This submachine gun was developed in Germany by the Nazis and the…
How Extraterrestrials Got Japanese-Americans Interned in 1942
Many believe that the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the direct result of Pearl Harbor. While true, there were two other factors involved –…
5 Facts: Amiens, 1918 – The WW1 Battle In France Which Sealed Germany’s Coming Defeat
The Battle of Amiens started nearly 100 years ago in Picardy, France, in 1918. The major combat lasted until August 12th and was a success…
How to Lose the War in 100 Days – Give The Eastern Front to Himmler
The headline may come to a surprise to many. Wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…
Veteran Flies Spitfire For First Time Since WWII, Makes Victory Roll!
In 2013, at the age of 91 and 69 years after his last time in a Spitfire, Jimmy Taylor went to Goodwood Aerodrome in West Sussex to fly…
Nicolas Cage Fights Submarines & Sharks in ‘USS Indianapolis’ First Trailer
The famed movie ‘USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage’ is centered upon the USS Indianapolis Navy ship and is set in July, 1945. The movie was…
WW2 Hawaii Mars Flying Water Tanker for Sale – Only $3 Million!!!
Have you got $3 million to spare? If you have, it would possibly buy you the Hawaii Mars – one of the two remaining, largest-ever,…
The Battle of Stalingrad: The Battle that Broke Hitler
It was at the battle of Stalingrad that Hitler met his match, and was dealt a decisive blow, from which he couldn’t recover. The battle was a…
Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
Just after midnight on the 30th July 1945, Japanese torpedoes slammed into the hull of the USS Indianapolis and twelve minutes later this proud vessel…
Operation Cobra – The Battle That Opened The Way For An Allied Victory In France
Operation Cobra was as important to the Allied war in France than the D-Day landings themselves. The success of the battle was the moment the…