7 Weapons That Transformed the Face of War
Every new weapon changes the nature of battle in some way. Certain weapons have come to define war, and to transform the way it is…
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…
WWI Out Of The Trenches And Into Perspective: The Great War YouTube Project
By Paul K. DiCostanzo Managing Editor – The Good News Review Between the years 1918 and 1939, humanity only knew the First World War as…
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…
The Lasting Effects of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The exact death toll of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not known. Reports say the total combined death toll of the…
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…
HAWKER HURRICANE SURVIVORS – Review by Mark Barnes
We haven’t taken a stroll down Grub Street for a while. I confess I have been using another book they sent me as reference material…
Llewellyn Chilson: America’s Neglected Warrior, Driving With One Hand & Shooting With The Other – 200 Lay Dead
Llewellyn Morris “Al” Chilson was born on April Fools’ Day, 1 April 1920 in Dayton, Ohio to a WWI veteran. The family later moved to the…
D-Day hero Dies The Day After Receiving France’s Highest Honor
On June 6th 1944 some 7000 ships took part in D-Day, one of the largest seaborne invasion in world history. A total of 132,000 allied…
Convoy Veterans Defy British Warnings to Visit Crimea
In an open defiance to British Authorities’ advice, three Second World War veterans have made the trip to the hostile Crimea Peninsula to pay respects…
Memories recovered – Memories of WWI veteran unearthed at Jefferson City antique store
By Jeremy P. Ämick Military history can be uncovered in the most unexpected locations, as demonstrated by a recent visit to a Jefferson City antique…
Civil War Canons Recovered from the River in S. Carolina
No one could imagine that in the famous Pee-Dee River in Florence lies a war relic that could uplift the morale of the whole community.…