Telling his Remaining Marines “we gotta go help those kids” Charged Into the Fight
Friendly artillery raked the small village ahead, but the Marines were still under heavy machine gun fire while rocket propelled grenades rained down on them…
A Reindeer Lived on a British Sub, Ate a Navigation Chart, Got so Fat it Couldn’t Get Back Out
There are a lot of unusual moments from WWII that create some of the most interesting stories. One of these is undoubtedly the story of…
5 Heroes Without Weapons: Padre Paratrooper, Landed on D-Day & His Adventures Started Immediately
The common perception is that one has to use a weapon in order to be a hero. But the following list contains amazing people who…
Final Part of Notable U.S. Naval losses – One Ship Had a Short & Fatal Career
This is the third and final part of notable U.S. Naval losses that range from immediately after World War II to the present day. USNS…
PBY Catalina Operations Over The SW Pacific During & After WWII
In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you can read about the spectacular Military career of the Consolidated PBY Catalina in the SE Pacific from 1942 until…
Argentina’s Role In WWII: How It Supported Many Nazis, & Gave Them Shelter
When Nazi Germany finally lay in ruins at the end of World War II in 1945, most of the regime’s leaders were either captured or…
For Sale, But Goebbels’s House Has Been Abandoned For 20 Years
Homes are a little like people: they give off a certain energy, either positive or negative. Depending on who’s lived in them, homes can be…
Was the Russian T-34 Really the Best Tank of WW2?
German Field Marshall von Kleist described the Russian T-34 as ‘the best tank of World War Two.’ Panzer leader General Heinz Guderian claimed that the…
The Doolittle Raiders – Sets Out to Tell Us Something of The Lives of The Men
I’ve been sent this really useful book by George Nolta which gives us biographies of the aircrew who took part in the legendary Doolittle Raid…
Ruth Winkelmann The Girl who Witnessed Kristallnacht – Night of Broken Glass
In an interview with the BBC, Ruth Winkelmann described the terror of living through the infamous Kristallnacht or Night of the Broken Glass, when the…
Post War Notable Naval Losses, The Role That Bad Luck & Bad Actors Play
This is the second part of a three-part series describing U.S. naval accidents and notable losses after World War II. They illustrate the importance of…
Remains of WW1 soldier found buried in ice are finally returned home
The phenomenon of melting glaciers is not breaking news for environmentally concerned people. However, sometimes such events offer up surprising discoveries, such as the traces…