How Climate Change Helped the Swedes March Across A Frozen Sea And Defeat The Danes
It all started in 1655 during the Second Northern War. Sweden was fighting against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, the Habsburg Monarchy, Denmark-Norway, and sometimes,…
Humanity and Compassion in WWI: The Christmas Truce and Friendship at Gallipoli
It is an amazing testament to the true goodness of humanity that even in the throes of battle, compassion can rise in the hearts of…
Battle of the Bulge – A Punch In The Gut
Just before The Battle of the Bulge, Allied officers drew an eighty-eight-mile line through the forests, hills, and ravines that make the region called The…
World War One nurse revealed as a spy
The truth behind a hero World War One nurse executed by a German fire squad for being a spy has been revealed for the first…
Medal of Honor Recipient Kyle Carpenter and the Men Who Jumped On Live Grenades Before Him
Despite what the movies might tell you, an exploding grenade doesn’t create a large fireball from which the receiving soldiers must jump into a body…
Watch: Panzerlied (Battle of the Bulge)
Panzerlied (Tankmen’s Song) was a Wehrmacht (German armed forces) song composed in 1933 by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle. It was adapted from a Navy song, using…
10 Facts About the Battle of Ia Drang (We Were Soldiers)
In 1954, the French decided to draw their struggles in what was once called French Indochina to a close. From then until the end of…
Pope Pius XII Ordered Death of Hitler during World War Two
It’s a little-known fact that during World War Two the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Pius XII ordered that Hitler was to be killed.…
World War Two Major General Deane-Drummond Escaped German Captivity THREE times!
Major General Tony Deane-Drummond died three years ago but his legacy lives on. Tony died at the age of 95 and was a World War…
Brand New Air Force Plane That Cost Millions to be Scrapped
Aircraft equipment is never cheap, and one of the Air Force’s brand new $115 million dollar planes will never fly again. Tragedy hit during its…
The Many Sieges of Constantinople Before The Ottoman’s Conquests
Constantinople was the jewel of the Byzantine Empire, the continuation of the fallen Western Roman Empire. The city grew quickly and gained walls worthy of…
Come & Sink us Then! Captain Sacrifices his Boat & Crew but Sinks the U-Boat. Was Awarded the VC
At the end of July 1918 the British Royal Navy vessel HMS Stock Force was under the command of Lieutenant Harold Auten of the Royal…