The Crazy Idea of a Flying Tank
After the appearance of tanks on the battlefield, there was a question of increasing their maneuverability and mobility. Soon, tracked tanks appeared, equipped with reinforced…
15 Facts About the Sopwith Camel, the Most Effective Fighter of WWI
Kill Rate The Sopwith Camel, Great Britain’s most famous fighter of World War I, was also the most effective fighter deployed by any nation in…
The P-38: The American Super-plane That The British Didn’t Want
During the Second World War, Adolf Hitler’s Luftwaffe was considered a formidable, ominous enemy by Allied pilots who took on the German planes over…
Medal Of Honor Recipient: The Soft-Spoken Man Became a Raging Bull
War, for all its horror, violence and loss of life, also serves as one of the most harrowing tests of a man or woman’s true…
Medal of Honor: High on Marijuana Peter Lemon Single-Handedly Fought Off Two Waves of Vietcong
To be awarded a Medal of Honor, one should go beyond the usual comprehension of bravery. One has to set his mind to putting his…
B-24 Pilot Turned Spy Saved 1,000 US POWs From a Grim Ending at Soviet Hands
Robert Trimble started his career as a B24 bomber pilot and ended it as a rather accomplished spy. After surviving 35 bomber missions, which was…
WWI: Herbert Hoover Saved Just Over Nine Million People From Starving
When imagining the ravages of World War I, it is easy to focus on the more than nine million soldiers who perished world wide. It…
Part 2: The Death of George Patton – Was America’s most controversial general assassinated?
The notion that General George Patton was assassinated by the American Secret Service, or the Soviet NKVD, or some combination of both, makes an interesting…
Great Story: When British Commandos Turned Pirate – Operation Postmaster
On the night of the 14th of January 1942, three Axis ships were stolen from a harbor off the coast of West Africa, right under…
The Magician That Outsmarted the Desert Fox
World War II has no shortage of heroes especially those that had no previous military experience. However, when duty called a British magician decided to…
The D-Day Piping Legend Bill Millin: Did Not Flinch as Snipers Shot at Him, He Kept Playing
Mortars blasted the day away and hell rained from the sky. The sea quickly took on the color of crimson as the bodies of the…
People Forget China’s conflict with Japan Cost at Least Ten Million Lives
Joseph Stalin once said: “The death of a man is a tragedy. The death of a million is a statistic.” Sadly, history seems to have…