11 Iconic Battlefields of WWII Then And Now
After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then – and as they are…
Medal of Honor: The Man War Couldn’t Kill, Jumps On Two Grenades, Falls Out of An Airplane. Survives
For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…
“Come and fight a Gurkha!” he yelled, Fingers Blown Off Then “single handedly” defended his post for 4 hours against 200 enemy soldiers killing 31
Never mess with a Gurkha. Not everyone knows this, but then again, many people don’t know what a Gurkha/Gorkha is. Gurkhas were a branch of…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: five reasons why President Truman made the right decision
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was apocalyptically awful. 70 years ago today, an estimated 90,000 people were immediately killed when Little Boy detonated 1,950ft…
The World War II Dead of Mount Olivet by Bill Beigel
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas, is named after the Jewish cemetery in Israel. “Mount Olivet” means “Mount of Olives”; the Jewish cemetery is of…
B-29: Phosphorus burned through his flesh to the bone. His body on fire, he stumbled into the cockpit
The most amazing story. Henry Eugene “Red” Erwin, Sr., (May 8, 1921 – January 16, 2002) was a United States Army Air Forces airman and…
LOVE IT!! 16 WWII ‘Facts’ That Just Aren’t True…..
There are a lot of myths about World War II, just as there are about any other epic event. Some are half-baked. Some are based…
Japanese World War Two tunnels revealed
[Via] A secret network of World War Two tunnels built by Japanese troops are giving an insight into what it was like to live and…
The Black Americans of WWII: Seventy Years and Still Fighting for Recognition
Black Americans – about one million of them – are one group of US soldiers who fought bravely like anybody else during the Second World…
The M1 Carbine, a celebrated piece of World War Two weaponry
The most used gun by US forces during World War Two was the M1 Carbine. Made from 1942 to 1945 the M1 Carbine was provided…
World War Two historian and writer, Hugh Ambrose dies
[Via] World War Two historian and writer, Hugh Ambrose has died at the age of just 48. Hugh Ambrose wrote ‘The Pacific’ a worldwide best…
10 Incredible Actions To Earn A Medal of Honor
Images Used (From left): (1) MSG Roy P. Benavidez awarded Medal of Honor for his outstanding services in Vietnam (2) President Harry S. Truman presents the…