Five Incredible & Inspiring Tales of Bravery from the Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was an intense test of aerial superiority between the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe. Following the conquest…
The 12 Top Secret Military Operations in History
It is not news that military outfits all over the world have large, sealed-off archives of highly classified information. Secret operations have been essential functions…
Three Italian PoWs Broke Out of a PoW Camp, Not to Escape But to Climb Mount Kenya For Fun!
When a prisoner of war concocts a plan to escape the prison camp in which he is incarcerated, his greatest is fear is usually being…
A New York Man Was Arrested for Using a Civil War-Era Cannon in a Dispute With His Neighbor – Like One Does
In this heavily populated world, where much of society lives cheek by jowl in large cities, it’s not uncommon to find a neighbor irritating. Indeed,…
The Japanese Thought this Tiny Island was Empty, They were Utterly Wrong
After Nishikaichi, an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilot, crashed his fighter into the tiny Hawaiian island of Ni’ihau in 1941, he may have failed…
WW2 Stockpile of 1.5 million Purple Hearts is Now Running Out – Originally Made For The Invasion of Japan
Nowadays the Purple Heart is widely known as the medal given to members of the United States military who are injured or killed in action…
Loose Change Nearly Cost Him His Life – But It Wound Up Saving Him
Optatius Buyssens was on a reconnaissance mission near the Belgian town of Lebbeke in September 1914, when the sound of the loose change in his…
The Largely Overlooked Story of How Himmler “Saved” Thousands of Jews
He built the notorious Schutzstaffel (SS) from a battalion of a mere 290 men into a paramilitary group of over a million, established himself as…
How Napoleon Won The Propaganda War – He Was Good At It
Napoleon was not the first military leader to make use of propaganda to promote his image. But what made Napoleon’s approach unique was the extent…
The Mighty Iowa-Class Ships, Formidable Weapons
Is there still a place for battleships in modern naval combat? Were these great steel beasts sent out to pasture too soon? Commissioned in World…
The Mystery of Medieval Weapons & Armor – Where Did It All Go?
The Fantastic Find The Battle of Visby in 1361 was not a particularly important battle in history. An army of Danes led by their king,…
The American ‘Nazi party’ Grew to Disturbing Levels in the 1930s
Yes, there was a time in the 1930s when the Nazis were a political force not just in Germany but all over the world, including…