John D. Bulkeley’s Daring Evacuation of General Douglas MacArthur on a 77′ PT Boat
The US Navy is best known for its Admirals and battleships. Both are often the most prominent assets in the fleet, but in the Philippines,…
Wars Fought For Stupid Reasons: Stray Dog Sparked War Between Greece and Bulgaria in 1925
Wars had started over land, resources, religion, and politics. When people say that “wars have been fought over less,” however, they’re usually right; in 1925,…
Battle of WWI merchant raiders: HMS Alcantara v SMS Greif
On February 27, 1916, the Norwegian cargo ship Rena steamed out of Cuxhaven on Germany’s North Sea coast. In peacetime, this would not have been…
What an incredibly brilliant “stupid” man. How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing The Fool
Imagine that it’s the 1960s. You’re an American POW in a North Vietnamese camp, so you have two options: If you want to live, you…
The First Yale Unit: College Students Form a Flying Squadron in 1916 an amazing group of guys
In the Spring of 1916, as WWI was raging in Europe, the students at Yale University’s class of 1918 were preparing themselves for a summer of…
After The Normandy Invasions Came The Long And Bloody Fight For France
The landings in Normandy were a major shock for the Allies even though Operation Overlord, which was the code name for the invasion, was thoroughly…
A Bridge Too Far: The Americans, And The True Story Of The 101st And 82nd In Operation Market Garden
A Bridge Too Far, the film adaptation of Cornelius Ryan’s book of the same name, tells the epic tale of the men who fought through…
First Underwater Footage Of The USS Ward: The Destroyer that Fired First American Shot in WWII – Just Before the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Paul G. Allen-Led Expedition Reveals First Underwater Footage of the USS Ward in Honor of the 76th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the Men who…
Wacko: When An American Submarine Took Out a Japanese Troop Train & Much More in the Pacific in WW2
On the 22nd of January, 1945, 30 Japanese merchant ships sat in Namkwan Harbor, in Southern China. They felt safe in their well-defended home, surrounded…
Frederick the Great Leads The Prussian Army – The Pinnacle Of European Military Power In Their Day
The snow muffled all sound save the moan of the wind. The winter skeletons of trees showed black against the blank canvas. Grey sky heavy…
BRDM – The Specialist Soviet Armored Fighting Recon Vehicles
Arriving in 1957 The first BRDM vehicle, the BRDM-1, entered service in the Soviet army in 1957. It had been accepted for use by the…
Raining Fire – Soviet Multiple Rocket Launcher Vehicles of the Cold War
Rocketry was an important part of the Warsaw Pact to armies during the Cold War. Having discovered in WWII that multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) were…