From Zero to Hero- Saburō Sakai-The Samurai of the Skies
There was a certain U.S. Congressman aboard that plane by the name of Lyndon B. Johnson. With over 60 victories and over 20 confirmed kills,…
From The Horses Mouth-Secret Codes in Equestrian Statues
Indeed, General Sheridan was wounded during the Civil War, but did not die in battle The depiction of wartime heroes, royalty, and similar important figures…
Everyone Knows The Word “Nazi” But How Did The Term Come Into Being?
Everyone knows the word “Nazi” and the evil it entails. World War II is a huge part of our history, with Hitler’s Nazi Germany being…
WW1 Germany Reaped Reward From American Imperialism & Mexican Pride
American interventionism and imperialism is infamous throughout Latin America, and inevitably results in significant anti-American sentiment. Although the U.S. has normally been able to simply…
Book Review-Forgotten Tanks and Guns of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s
The period between the wars offered up all manner of oddities as governments and companies attempted to develop fighting vehicles that would be numerous, effective…
Beetle Bailey & The Real Sgt. Snorkel
Griffin solemnly explained her father never realized he was the inspiration for the character that became Sgt. Snorkel. A rather portly and occasionally grouchy Sgt.…
US Submarine Plays Cat & Mouse With Japanese Navy
First launched in 1976, these submarines were a key strategic naval asset during the Cold War Since the end of the War in the Pacific…
Special Delivery-U.S. Postal Service Launch Cruise Missile at Florida
You’ve heard of snail mail, email, and drones delivering mail, but what about Missile Mail? Amazingly, the idea of using weapons to deliver mail has…
A New Pattern For War: French Camouflage During WW1
It did not take long for other armies to adopt camouflage, and each nation did theirs differently. The Great War changed the world forever. A…
Josef Mengele- The Angel of Death
Pregnant women did not escape his loathsome scrutiny. They were like chattel, and once they had served their purpose, they were sent to the gas…
From The Holocaust to Hogan’s Heroes
When Clary eventually ended up at Buchenwald, one of the most horrific of the Nazi concentration camps, he sang for SS soldiers. Though it first…
Churchill’s Abandoned Prisoners-Book Review By Mark Barnes.
Men like Churchill and Lloyd George felt bound to get involved in a battle of ideologies because of their convictions and prejudices as they continued…