A Solomon Islands Man Is Killed By Unexploded 1940s Ordnance — Who Is To Blame?
One man has been killed and another three people injured on the Solomon Islands when a WWII bomb suddenly exploded. The bomb exploded in May…
Operation Mongoose: The Attempt To Overthrow Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was one of the most famous figures of the Cold War. He was especially famous in the United States because United States government…
Lienz Cossacks: Desertion And Betrayal In WWII
The repatriation of Lienz Cossacks is considered by many to be a massive betrayal by the United Kingdom. It was the result of the Yalta…
Project Stargate: The CIA’s Human Experiments with Mind Control
Project Stargate sounds like something out of this world — and it kind of is. No, it doesn’t refer to wormholes or the exploration of…
David Dushman: Last Surviving Soviet Solider To Liberate Auschwitz Dies At 98
David Dushman was a 21-year-old serviceman with the Red Army when he took part in the liberation of Auschwitz. The last surviving Soviet soldier to…
How Marie Curie Brought X-Ray Technology To The Front During WWI
Marie Curie is considered one of the most accomplished scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Her discovery of radium and polonium helped win her…
The Mulberry Harbor Paved The Way For Victory On D-Day
To pull off the greatest seaborne invasion in history that took place on June 6th, 1944, the Allies had to pioneer a whole range of…
The Gross But Life-Saving Chocolate Of WW2
Chocolate lovers tend to obsess over this treat’s yummy taste. However, chocolate has not always had such a great taste. Hershey’s developed some chocolate bars…
UK Halts Training With ‘Unsafe’ Ajax Tank
The British military has put trials of a new vehicle on hold after reports emerged that state the vehicle is unsafe to drive at speeds…
How Cockroaches Are Helping The Army Build Better Legs
U.S. Army scientists are looking to the animal kingdom to help future legged robots catch up to the efficiency of tracked and wheeled transport. It…
SAS Hero Remembers The Regiment’s Darkest Day
The worst day in the SAS’s history was May 19, 1982, when a helicopter crash killed 20 of its elite members during the Falklands War.…
Iva Toguri D’Aquino: The ‘Tokyo Rose’ Who Tried To Help The Allies
Many Americans found themselves stranded abroad during WWII. One such individual was a woman named Iva D’Aquino (née Toguri). She spent part of the war…