When The Coast Guard Supported The D.E.A. And Flew Resupply And Bombing Missions Against The Shining Path
The U.S. Coast Guard has always been there to help those in distress, but that doesn’t always mean ships in a storm. In the Fall…
The African-Americans Who Fought For Civil Rights In Spain Long Before They Had Them At home
The Spanish Civil War was a prelude to WWII in that people of various ideologies from all over the world flocked to Spain to fight…
The Gulf of Tonkin – How The US Worked Its Way Into The Vietnam Conflict
Ten years after the disastrous defeat of the French Army in its former Asian colony of Indochina, the divided Vietnam once again captured the world’s…
Ex-Mercenaries Who Became Leaders in the English Civil Wars
At the outbreak of the English Civil Wars (1642-51), the country did not have the military experience and fearsome reputation it would later gain. The…
75 Years After Fighting Each Other In Africa – Two Former Enemies From WW2 Share Deep Bonds Of Friendship
In late March 1943, Allied and Axis forced prepared for one of the fiercest battles of the World War II African campaign near Mareth, Tunisia.…
Giorgio Perlasca – The Heroic Italian Businessman Who Saved Thousands Of Jewish People By Posing As A Diplomat
Everyone knows what happened to the Jews in Europe in WWII. They are also aware of the fact some people risked life and limb to…
The Grand Old Duke of York: A British Military Reformer
The grand old Duke of York He had ten thousand men He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them…
Solid as a Rock: Holding Gibraltar Against All The Odds
Gibraltar is a small place, but it is full of history. Its total area is only 2.6 square miles, and this tiny landscape is dominated by…
Historic WWII property with views of France for sale – just a mere $2 million & Churchill visited it twice
A fantastic piece of history is up for sale in England. It is on the market for $2 million – down from the original asking…
Interesting: For the rest of her life, she denied knowing anything about the Holocaust. Archives of famous Nazi film director donated to foundation
The estate of the infamous Nazi propagandist, Leni Riefenstahl, has bequeathed photos, films, manuscripts and letters from the filmmaker’s personal archives to the Prussian Cultural…
The Hun: Short Independent Film details the Horrors of WWI
The Hun is a short film drama set in the trenches during the late stages of WWI. It follows a young American soldier who has…
The Invasion of Ethiopia – Mussolini’s Crazy Plan For Restoration of the Roman Empire
Italy arrived a late in the colonial race but tried to catch up rapidly. In 1895, a full-scale war broke out between Italy and Ethiopia over…