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…
When the Allies Killed Over 20,000 of Their Own Countrymen As They Sank Japanese Hell Ships That Transported Them
In May 1942 the Japanese began transferring POWs by sea. Similar to treatment on the Bataan Death March, prisoners were often crammed into cargo holds…
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…
How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and Memorized the Names Of 256 POWs Of His Camp
Learn how very convincing Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl was at acting his “stupidly stupid” character while at the hands of his Vietnamese captors leading…
The Russian KV Tank and Its Crew That Stopped The German Advance for a Full Day
On June 22, 1941, Germany and the Axis powers commenced Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union along a 2,900 km front with a…
Pearl Harbor Movie, Ripped Apart by Honest Trailers (Watch)
Pearl Harbor, one of those movies that everybody has seen and everybody likes some bits of it. That is to say, only some bits; because…
German Special Forces: Brandenburg Regiment – you have heard of them, right?
The Brandenburg Regiment, part of Germany’s Nazi special forces, was created by Captain Theodor von Hippel. Hippel was a military man, who had served in…
Japanese Pilot Returned to US Oregon Town He Bombed During WWII
Nobuo Fujita is one of the only World War Two enemies to have tried bombing raids directly over mainland America. Nobuo died in 1997 aged…
5 Unbelievable True Stories About WWII That Should be Made into Movies
What most of us remember about World War II from history classes boils down to who fought who, the Holocaust, the Nazis and how almost…
Campaign Launched To Help Recover Our Vimy Heroes
A campaign to have Canadian World War One soldiers reinterred from their battle graves at Vimy Ridge has been started. To date over $20,000 has…
Amsterdam to Commemorate Wartime Strike against Jewish Deportation
The capital city of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, is preparing to come to a standstill during a commemoration in honor of a 1941 wartime strike designed…
Lucky WWll US army helmet is displayed in museum
The familiar olive coloured M1 steel helmet was first issued to US troops in 1941, and by 1942 all troops had them. The helmet was…