This Guy Really Was a One Man Army, The Germans in His Way Didn’t Last Long
Countless heroic tales have gone unrecognized from the periods of warfare which have formed part of the United States’ history. Many heroes would for several…
Mystery – Romania’s Treasure, Sent to Moscow for Safekeeping, It Never Returned
One of the most intriguing mysteries of the First World War that remains unsolved to this day is what happened to the huge hoard of…
Movie Myth or Did Dropping a Grenade Into an Open Tank Hatch Actually Happen?
In the movie Saving Private Ryan, there is a scene where American soldiers drop a grenade into a Tiger tank. This is an exciting cinematic…
5 Cold War British Tanks – Best in The World?
The Second World War consolidated the position of tanks as among the most important fighting machines in the world. In the decades that followed, the…
Overlooked by the West: Soviets Lost More Troops Than Britain, USA, Japan & Germany Combined
It is one the quirks of history that the country which did the most to defeat Hitler—and along with China, suffered the most—ended up with…
Un-Real-Estate $1.2 Million Scottish Listening Station For Sale
It is being touted as an ideal getaway for those wanting to hide out from a zombie apocalypse or other disaster, and it can be…
German Mass Grave Discovered in Stalingrad
A mass grave containing the remains of almost 2,000 German soldiers and their horses was uncovered by workmen laying a new pipeline in Volgograd (formerly…
Found, Stern Portion of WWII Destroyer After it was Blown Off by a Japanese Mine 75 Years Ago
The USS Abner Read was a Fletcher-class destroyer with a crew of three hundred men. Laid down in 1941, she saw action in the Aleutian…
The Spanish Mercenaries Were Outnumbered 500-1, The Battle of Cajamarca, 1532
Most military commanders will think twice about an attack unless they have an advantage in numbers over the enemy. However, in 1532 a Spanish conquistador…
Happy Anniversary To a Special League of Extraordinary Canadian & American Gentlemen
About three weeks before Christmas in 1943, a very special league of extraordinary Canadian and American gentlemen joined together to disrupt a German position in…
The Battle of the Velbazhd (1330) Signaled the Beginning of Serbian Expansion
The Battle of Velbazhd was fought between the Kingdom of Serbia under Stefan Uroš III, known as Stefan Dečanski, and the Bulgarian Empire under Michael…
Crucifix Hill & The Insane One Man Bunker Buster Who Turned the Course of the Battle
If there’s one thing that has remained universal about battles and war throughout human history, it is the fact that war changes men. Often the…