18 Little Known Facts About Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin, or Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, is a man who, unfortunately, needs no introduction. He was one of World War II’s most infamous leaders,…
12 Ranks of Roman Military Officers and What They Did
The Roman Empire saw one of the first truly professional armies in history, and became the inspiration for European armies that followed it. Though its…
88-year-old Author of The Dirty Dozen Passes Away
E. M. Nathanson released his bestselling novel The Dirty Dozen in 1965. It later became one of the most enduring and ridiculous World War II…
Australian World War II VC Recipient Immortalized in Museum
Warrant Officer James Gordon, a humble farmer who spent more than 25 years in the Australian armed forces, has been immortalized in the Australian War…
Biplanes and Triplanes to Fill Sky for WWI Aviation Centennial at AirVenture 2016
Flying demonstrations, displays and historical presentations part of commemoration A range of airplanes, reaching back to the earliest days of military aircraft, will be in…
Researchers Unlock Secrets of the Nuked Carrier USS Independence
Underwater archaeologists have determined the role USS Independence played after World War II. They used declassified government documents and sonar images of the shipwrecked vessel…
Wounded, He Sacrificed Himself to Clear the way for his Platoon – James Stokes, VC
Private James Stokes’ thirtieth birthday was February 6th, 1945. On the 1st of March, less than one month later, he came to the end of…
Battle of the Hydaspes – Alexander The Great’s Expansion to the East
Alexander the Great’s expansive politics led him to the eastern bank of the river Hydaspes. This river was in Pauravas, an ancient kingdom in the…
OH YES! 10 Strangest WWII Unsolved Mysteries – number 6 Is creepy, number 9 Is Sad
There has been an interesting discussion with regards to the Nazi Gold Train, which was possibly discovered. If the gold train does exist, it could…
Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night, The WW2 Japanese Plan to Wage Biological Warfare on the USA
World War II introduced the international community to a host of new horrors: Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps dedicated to death, Japan’s air-led destruction that turned…
Starving Their Own Men: Britain’s Epic Supply Failure in the Crimea
The very least a soldier expects when sent on a campaign is to be fed, clothed and given the necessary equipment to carry out their…
The Death of Erwin Rommel: The Last Hours Of The Desert Fox
Erwin Rommel was, for a time, Hitler’s favorite general. After his success in 1940, as the commander of a Panzer division, Rommel was appointed to…