Chesty Puller: The Most Decorated Marine in US History
Chesty Puller is a name synonymous with the US Marine Corps. The most decorated Marine in the service’s history, he served during three wars and…
Sidney Shachnow: The Holocaust Survivor Who Became a Green Beret
Sidney Shachnow was a Lithuanian Jew who experienced – and survived – the Holocaust. Imprisoned in the Kovno Ghetto during World War II, he suffered…
John K. Waters: General Patton’s Son-In-Law Who Was a Four-Star General
Military success must run in the Patton family. It is well known that General George Patton was an extremely successful commander in the United States…
Marina Raskova: The First Soviet Woman To Become A Professional Air Navigator
Meet Marina Raskova, the brainchild behind the little-known all-female night bomber regiment during the Second World War. These ‘night witches’ were so feared that any…
These Military Retreats Were Brilliant Moves And One Of Them Was Led By George Washington
Some say that a properly managed retreat is what separates truly great military commanders. Fighting on the back foot is always hard, whether that’s in…
Joséphine Baker To Be Reinterred At France’s Panthéon Mausoleum
The remains of American-born French performer Joséphine Baker will be reinterred at the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris, France. An aide for President Emmanuel Macron confirmed…
The Battles of Narvik: Norway’s Toughest Fight
The Battles of Narvik refers to the naval offensives and land battle between the Germans and Allied troops in Norway. It was one of the…
The Death Of The Yamato, A New Class Of Japanese Battleship
As the war in the Pacific neared its end in 1945, the Japanese were desperately trying to turn the tides in their favor. Their solution…
Last Surviving Marine Of The USS Indianapolis Has Passed Away Aged 96
Edgar Harrell, a 96-year-old veteran marine and last living Marine of the USS Indianapolis has passed away at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Clarksville,…
Poignant photographs of the German invasion of Poland
On the 1st September 1939, the Nazi regime in Germany unleashed the horror of a Second World War on the planet by invading Poland. What…
Emily and Catalina: Two Exotic Flying Boat Beauties of the Pacific War
Before the outbreak of WWII, it became clear that the days of the dominant role of the huge Naval fleets of Destroyers and Battleships were…
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…