When “Red Mike” Edson And His 800 Men From 1st Marine Raider Battalion Were Up Against 2,500 Attacking Japanese
After more than 24 hours of fending off a ferocious Japanese assault, the sun began to set and the Marines of 1st Raider Battalion knew…
Look Who’s Back: New documentary Shows Hitler In 2015 With Ordinary Germans
A new film has been made telling the story of what would have happened in Germany if Hitler suddenly returned alive and well in a modern…
British Freak Submarines – The Disastrous M-Class
During the last months of the first world war, the Royal Navy built the M-Class submarines. These submarines were diesel-electric and had a feature that…
White Rose: The German Anti-Nazi Activists Beheaded in 1943
Across Germany and especially in Munich, the city where they were most active, people remember and honor, by naming streets, monuments, even a top literary…
After Decades, a Pilot is Reunited With His Helmet Abandoned After Being Shot Down In Vietnam
James Randall was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965 as he was leading a routine mission to destroy a bridge in a border town…
11 Facts You Never Knew About Medieval Warhorses
The warhorse was a vital part of the European medieval military machine. Cavalry charges by heavily armoured knights made horseback attacks a terrifying part of…
Hitler’s Forgotten War on Black Germans
Nazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an “Aryan” and a black woman. The caption states: “The result! A loss of racial pride.” Germany, prewar. —…
The Beginning of the Spy Alliance between the U.S. and Britain
A single clandestine meeting three-quarters of a century ago ultimately led to the allying of British and U.S. spy agencies – an alliance that persists…
Last Member Of Bedford Boys, Has Died
Alan Huddleston, 96, was a proud infantryman and a Southern gentleman who went to join his comrades in that great barracks in the sky on…
World’s Last BTD-1 Destroyer Finds a New Museum Home
Of the 28 BTD-1 Destroyer warplanes that were manufactured during World War II, there is exactly one left in existence. And it’s not in terrific…
10 Defining Features of Incan Warfare
In the early 16th century, the Incas were one of the most powerful nations in the Americas. The greatest military force for thousands of miles,…
Trafalgar: The Destruction Of Napoleon’s Navy That Saved Britain From French Invasion
Early on in the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon had grand plans to invade Great Britain. Conquering that region would leave him free to pursue other conquests…