Funny WWII Commercial: Shave Like a Man!
In 2013, a shaving brand that was born in 1919 joined the parade of products trying to define what it means to be a real man…
Tommy Prince Was So Quiet, Sometimes Instead Of Killing Germans He Would Steal Their Shoes
Tommy Prince was born on October 15th, 1915, in Scanterbury Manitoba Canada in a family of eleven siblings. He left school at an early age…
Things The Russians Did Right During Operation Barbarossa
In June 1941, Operation Barbarossa began, setting off a bloodbath that was supposed to bring the Soviet Union to its knees. Yet when Adolf Hitler…
Even Better Than The Mustang – These Soviet Yak 3 Fighters Owned The Sky
The Soviet Yak fighter (Yakovlev Yak-3) was a Soviet dogfighter that was used in World War 2. This was a robust craft, and its maintenance…
American Propaganda in World War II
Wartime relations can cause a country to get down – as we saw in the United States during Vietnam – to a point where a…
The Luftwaffe’s Trial Run – 1937 Bombing of Guernica
The Bombing of Guernica was one of the first aerial raids on defenseless civilians ever to happen. It occurred on April 26th, 1937, in the thick…
Fascinating Abandoned Military Bases From All Around The World
Military bases and installations, built to last only a few years or to support a 1000-year Reich have been left abandoned across the globe. Some…
Australia’s World War I Experience Is Shaped by Verdun
The World War I battlefields in France and Belgium are now farmlands dotted with pleasant villages and well-kept cemeteries. There is one battlefield, though, that…
Chilling extracts from Himmler Diaries found in Russia
“It is one of those things that is easily said. ‘The Jewish people is being exterminated,’ every Party member will tell you, ‘perfectly clear, it’s…
10 Facts – The 1936 Berlin Olympics
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Often referred to as the “Nazi Games,” the games were…
Memories of an American B-25 WWII Bombardier
Richard Sherman trained as a bombardier and navigator for B-25 bombers. He served in the 11th bomb squadron. He served 13 months in China, during…
Audie Murphy – Troubled American Medal of Honor War Hero and Epic Hollywood Star
One of the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy, was born on the 20th June 1925. His life story…