This WWII US Fighter Pilot Knows His Stuff, Shoots Down A ME-262 Jet Fighter! (Watch)
This amazing U.S. gun-camera footage shows an American fighter firing at a German Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter jet. These planes would normally fly at speeds…
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…
Nazi Germany’s Last Super Heavy Tank: The Panzerkampfwagen E-100
Nearing the end of WWII, Germany maintained the belief that super tanks could reverse the war’s outcome and help them emerge victorious. The Panzerkampwagen E-100…
6 Assassination Attempts on Hitler
While Adolf Hitler garnered much approval in his early days of leadership, many Germans soon began to see the folly of keeping such a man…
A Tribute to Band Of Brothers Major Richard “Dick” Winters Of Easy Company
There are those who merely exist in life, simply going through the motions and completing the average tasks required for another day. Then there are…
The Only Combat Soldier To Be Awarded The Victoria Cross Twice
When you have thrown on your first Victoria Cross, you have entered an elite fraternity in the history of war that commands the respect of…
This Gigantic Submarine Factory Couldn’t Even Be Destroyed By The 22,000 lb Grand Slam Bomb
Erich Friedrich Michael Lackner is considered to be one of the most influential engineers of the last century. He developed a revolutionary type of concrete…
Has this German Man Found the Fabled Nazi Atom Bombs?
Peter Lohr, a 70-year-old German retired mechanical engineer, believes that he has located atomic bombs hidden in a tunnel in central Germany. He claims to…
Couple’s World War I Love Letters Become BBC Radio Drama
The BBC has produced a radio drama based on the real-life love letters a couple exchanged during World War I. Eric Appleby, an engineering student…
US Sailor’s Remains Return Home After 72 Years In “Known Unto God” Grave
When Don Franklin was a boy in Willmar, Minnesota, he rode in the basket of his uncle John E. Anderson’s bicycle. Now Franklin is 77…
Congress Passes Legislation Finally Allowing WASP Burials in Arlington
Legislation has passed Congress allowing the cremated remains of women who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.…
Oda Nobunaga – The Demon Daimyo Who Unified Japan
From 1400 to 1600, Japan was a fractured country, in endless inner turmoil. The territorial warlords were in constant conflict with each other and there…