The Rose – SOE Agent Eileen Nearne Survived the Gestapo & Helped Expose V-1 Rockets
On September 2, 2010, an 89-year-old woman’s body was discovered in a modest apartment in the British town of Torquay, Devon. She appeared to have…
The Real Rambo, America’s Neglected Warrior, Driving With One Hand & Shooting With The Other – 200 Lay Dead
Llewellyn Morris “Al” Chilson was born on April Fools’ Day, 1 April 1920, in Dayton, Ohio to a World War I veteran. The Chilson family later…
From a Florida Swamp to the Netherlands – The Final Destination of a Douglas DC-3/ Dakota
Autumn 2018, The final flight of a Douglas DC-3/ Dakota from the Florida Swamps to Madurodam, the insider’s story On the 23rd of Oct. 2018,…
2 Wars, 3 Continents Before Earning American Citizenship – Fight, Flight, & Flourish
There are many things to be learned from personal stories – stories that bring history to life. That is certainly the case when I think…
The A-10 Warthog: How do You Improve the Best Close Combat Jet Ever?
The United States Air Force is considering whether to continue with, modify, or replace the venerable A-10 close-air-support aircraft, fondly nicknamed “Warthog,” which was first…
Best Tank of WWII? – T-34 in Photos
Hailed as a superior design by both friends and foes, the legendary Soviet T-34 medium tank raised the bar in armored warfare for generations to…
The Secret Nazi Super Fortress in Antarctica – Fact or Fiction?
The idea that the Nazis set up a secret base in Antarctica may sound like a crazy conspiracy theory from the darkest recesses of the…
Kilted Destroyer: Tackled a Panzer division on his own & then accepted the surrender of 23,000 Germans
The soldier moving through the thick brush in France in 1944 in World War II, was an undercover operative from the British forces, an unusual…
Hollywood Script Writers Talking About Saving Private Ryan Blockbuster Sequel
In 2004 author and historian Gary Sterne was attending a US militaria show where he bought a WW2 US Army veterans uniform – nothing unusual…
Cool Stuff We Use Everyday That Came From the Military
War and innovation go hand in hand. Some of our greatest leaps forward have come at times of the most urgent necessity. Most of the…
The Insane Idea to Create an Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice
Desperate times call for desperate measures – a truth that has been repeatedly confirmed in the pages of world history. During the Second World War,…
Germany’s Last Field Marshal – The Butcher Ferdinand Schörnerand
During the Second World War, the Allies ran a series of propaganda posters entitled “This is the Enemy,” which depicted a variety of Axis personalities…