How Was an Army Supplied in the 100 Years War?
Far from home and at constant threat of attack, the armies of the Hundred Years War between England and France were reliant on supply lines…
6 Facts About Admiral Yamamoto, Pearl Harbor Planner Who Believed Japan Would Lose
The man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was an unusual and contradictory figure. A man with peaceful international connections around…
What if USA had won the Vietnam War? (Watch)
The Vietnam War is remembered in popular culture as a catastrophic failure by the USA to prevent the creation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.…
These War Photographers Risked Their Lives To Document The Horrors Of War
Since the invention of photography in the 1800’s, photographers have roamed battlefields and ventured into dangerous situations to capture explosions, devastation, and the many atrocities of…
Crossing the Rhine – In Pictures!
On March 24th 1945, near Xanten in Germany, the Rhine River was crossed in one of the biggest attacks launched in western-Europe. The attack consisted of…
The Lockheed U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird – Top Secret Spy Planes
The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes about which there is not a lot known. Here we will learn some facts about them.…
Rare Goliath tracked mine the latest addition to the Wheatcroft Collection
There is good news from Donington where a rare Goliath tracked mine has gone on display. The Goliath, used by German forces in World War…
Archeologists Have Uncovered the Fortified Athenian Port that Sent Ships to Salamis
The Persian invasion of Greece yielded a plethora of amazing stories, from the stand at Thermopylae to the improbable victory at Salamis. The struggle would…
Taking The First Enemy Capital Rome – Daring, Unconventional and Brilliant or As Stupid As It Was Insubordinate?
Celebrations in the Streets of Rome On the June 5th 1944, the people of Rome flooded into the streets to welcome the arrival of the…
Bomber Command Veterans Asked To Put Their Lucky Mascots On Display
The International Bomber Command Center has asked veterans of Bomber Command to pull out the lucky mascots they took with them on missions to display…
Veterans Can’t Get Benefits Due to 1973 National Personnel Records Center Fire
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) on the outskirts of St. Louis caught fire on July 12th, 1973. No one knows what began the blaze,…
Man Attempting to Restore World War II Dakota for D-Day Anniversary
A weathered DC-3 airplane with a colorful history sits in a hangar at the Fremont Airport. Built in 1943, the plane was part of the…