Rare Viking Ship Discovered in Norway
This 65-foot ship, as one of the longest identified to date, points to ownership by a king, queen, or important chieftain of a Viking group.…
The Weapons of Bonnie & Clyde & the Guns That Stopped Them
Who hasn’t heard of Bonnie and Clyde, the audacious gangsters who were both heroes and villains? There have been countless movies about this pair of…
Rudolf Hess: The Forgotten Deputy Führer
“We believe that the Führer is obeying a higher call to fashion German history. There can be no criticism of this belief.” Among the many…
Fort Sumter & The First Shots of the American Civil War
Located on a man-made (or rather slave-made) island at a key position in Charleston harbor is Fort Sumter. On April 13, 1861, a bombardment of…
Flamethrowers: Five Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
The fear of fire is an inherent trait in both man and beast. On the pages of the history of war, many tales of devastating fire…
Northrop N-9M Smashes Into a Penitentiary Exercise Yard, Pilot Loses His Life
On Monday, April 21, 2019, inmates at the California Rehabilitation Centre got the fright of their lives when a plane crashed into the prison exercise…
The Amazing Story of Survival Behind The Movie Into The White
Winter in Norway is a harsh affair. For people caught outdoors in the wilderness without shelter, the unforgiving climate can be fatal. During the Second…
Tough New York Gangster Monk Eastman Went on To Be a War Hero
The slums of New York City were notorious in their time for producing some of the most desperate, bloodthirsty, and depraved gangs and gangsters in…
Abandoned B-29 Spotted On Google Maps
There was also information onboard that the plane had flown missions between Alaska and Japan in order to detect Soviet nuclear testing in 1949. A…
The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War
Concentration camps are usually linked to WWII and the horrors of the Holocaust. However, they were around long before this and were used by many…
Can a Leopard Really Change it Spots?
There is an old saying: Can a leopard change its spots? Over the last 50 years, the German Leopard series of main battle tanks has…
The Australians at Pozieres: Battle of the Somme 1916
This success came at a huge cost. The Australian 1st Division suffered 5,285 casualties — an inordinate number given a division normally consists of around…