A 20th-Century Siege in 1809: The Second Siege of Zaragoza
Many consider bitter house to house fighting to be a 20th-century invention, and a 21st-century norm. But in 1809 one Spanish city, Zaragoza, resisted French…
The Allies’ Secret Mustard Gas Cargo Made the Attack on Bari an Even Worse Disaster
On December 2, 1943, Germany launched an air attack on the Italian town of Bari on the Adriatic coast. The town was important strategically as…
Algerian Jews Finally Eligible for Compensation from Germany
Jews have been persecuted all over the world, including in one of Africa’s lesser-known countries, Algeria. The Germans have recently begun to regard Algerian Jews…
Thirteen Presents the U.S. Broadcast Premiere of “GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II” – April 11 on PBS in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day
GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II is a feature-length documentary spotlighting the little-known story of the more than 550,000 Jewish Americans who served their…
Making History – The Ship’s Cook Who Grabbed A .50 Cal To Shoot Down Enemy Planes At Pearl Harbor
In 1942, when Dorie Miller stood onboard the USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor to receive the Navy Cross he made history. Miller was the first…
The Battle of Imjin River And The Last Stand Of The Glorious Glosters
When talking about success in war we usually focus on victories. But there are times when a successful retreat can be as great a challenge…
The 110th Infantry Holds the Line
By August 1944, the tide of WWII had long since turned for the Third Reich. They had been summarily ousted from their previously dominant position…
Old Model Army – A New Exhibition At The Tank Museum In Bovington
Some of history’s most bizarre and outrageous tank designs that were never made have now been created – and show why they never left the…
Remembering the Dominator: Forgotten Plane of WWII
The most expensive weapons program conducted by the US military during WWII was not the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bomb. That distinction belongs…
Saint Nazaire The Best Raid of WW2: Massive Intel, Courage, Sacrifice and Big Explosions
A little after 1:20 AM on March 28, 1942, searchlights on both sides of the Loire Estuary flooded the waterway to reveal a convoy. Twelve…
The Bravery Of This Japanese-American Soldier On His First Day Fighting In WW2 Is Astounding
During the Italian Campaign of World War 2, German troops were faced with a sight they had never expected: Japanese-American soldiers. These troops were members…
Stories Of Humanity And Compassion From Throughout The Second World War
Even during WWII, one of the largest and most deadly conflicts in recent history, there were moments of humanity and compassion. Here are three of these…