This Me 262 & FW 190 Display Will Give You Goosebumps (Watch)
Here you will see two restored planes, the Me262 and FW 190, take part in an amazing air display at the 2013 Canadian Wartime Heritage…
Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards
Up until 1942, guards at concentrations camps within Adolf Hitler’s Empire were primarily male. That all changed in 1942 when the first female guards were appointed…
Kilroy Was Here: How A Graffiti Cartoon Bolstered The Troops of WWII
A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…
Para Rescue Jumper Duane Hackney, The Most Decorated Enlisted Man in US Air Force History
An Air Force Cross, the Silver Star, 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with a Combat V, 2 Purple Hearts, 18 Air Medals, and ok, we have…
Sobibor Death Camp: Archaeologists reveal its horrors
The Nazi Holocaust remains one of the most horrific events to stain the bloody history of the 20th century. Though Jewish people took the brunt…
Sir John Leslie, Ireland’s Oldest World War II Veteran Passed Away at 99
Sir John Leslie, one of Ireland’s oldest surviving World War II veterans, passed away at age 99. He was the owner of the famous Castle…
South Korea Returns Fallen Chinese Soldiers to China
In April, South Korea returned to China the remains of 36 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War for final burial in their homeland. The…
Giant sunken WWII Japanese submarine’s bell recovered from the sea
A bronze bell that used to be aboard a Leviathan Japanese submarine during World War II has been successfully recovered from its 70-year-long resting place…
Masinissa: The Warrior King of Numidia who fought alongside his Armies Well into His 80’s
Minor kingdoms and their Kings don’t often get a share of the historical glory because, well, they’re minor. But, one such minor king fought with…
The 100 Days – Napoleon Returns From Exile, Rallying an Army With His Words Alone
The ranks opened suddenly, and a figure stepped into view. He was taller than many of his enemies described him. Taller and leaner, the angles of…
Built To Last! Incredible Pictures of damaged B-24 Liberators That Made It Home
The B-24 Liberator was, together with the B-17, the workhorse of the United States Army Airforces who used it in every theater of operations. It…
Ed “Good Entertainer, but a Great Marine” McMahon Flew 85 Combat Missions in Korea
“Here’s Johnny!” That’s a quote probably best remembered from the Stanley Kubrick’s classic, The Shining, pronounced by Jack Nicolson’s character gone mad. But the phrase…