Royal Navy officer who seized Enigma machine from a raided German U-Boat has died aged 95
A Royal Navy veteran and hero has died aged 95. Lieutenant Commander David Balme led the team who stole the Nazis’ infamous Enigma machine after…
Battle of Stirling Bridge to be Memorialised With New Monument
The Battle of Stirling Bridge is to be marked at the site of the conflict in Scotland with works of art to create a permanent…
William Unger,Well-known Veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Passes Away
A well-known former US Marine Corps serviceman, William Thomas Unger, has passed away at the age of 94. Mr. Unger saw action in three wars…
The 1,000 Mile Fighting Retreat of the Nez Perce – Native Americans Looking For A Place To Live
The cruel treatment of Native Americans is a long and harsh chapter in American history. Most people remember hearing about the trail of tears and…
When Malaria Sided With Napoleon: The Doomed British Walcheren Expedition That Cost 4,000 Lives
The British expedition sent to Walcheren in the Netherlands in 1809 was one of the boldest moves of the Napoleonic wars. Unfortunately for the soldiers…
War Mystery Solved – P-38 Lightning & Remains recovered
The Solomons continue to throw up mysteries from the turbulent years of WWII. One mystery solved recently has been with the rediscovery of a P-38…
When The Germans Desperately Needed To Counter The T-34, This Was Their Design
The Panther was not as thickly armoured, nor as heavily armed, as tanks such as the Tiger but was probably a much more balanced design.…
Nazis developed experimental drug cocktail in which the Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) without resting
Modern research has found that the Nazis had plans to try to transform their own soldiers into ‘robots’ using special chemicals. That chemical was a…
With His Navigator Ejected Halfway Out His Plane, This Is What This Pilot Did To Save Him
Being launched off the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is a normal routine, but adrenaline junkie pilots love the radical feel of about 4…
Cher Ami – The Wounded Pigeon That Saved 198 Men Of The Lost Battalion
During the Battle of the Argonne, in October 1918, ‘Cher Ami’, a female homing pigeon, which means “dear friend” in French, helped save the Lost…
This British Major Brought An Umbrella To Arnhem Bridge, You Will Not Believe What He Did With It
One might think that being surrounded by the German SS is no laughing matter, but don’t tell that to British Major Digby Tatham-Warter. This cool…
Last seen punching with one hand & his trench knife in the other. They found his body surrounded by 40 dead Koreans
Often in war it is difficult to the measure the impact of one man, but when that man is making his last stand on Heartbreak…