Jimmy Doolittle Led The First Mission To Bomb Japan – Against All the Odds
Often, war is no different than your average street fight regardless of how crude that might seem. When a man is punched in the nose,…
Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Gestapo, Who Hitler Called “The Man with the Iron Heart”
Few men in all of human history have been responsible for such monstrous acts as Reinhard Heydrich. The head of the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police,…
Press Conference Announcing the First 50 official “WWI Centennial Memorials” through 100 Cites/100 Memorials
What: Nationwide press conference with key commissioners and dignitaries from the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission announcing the first 50 memorials officially designated as WWI Centennial…
49 Men Would Receive the Victoria Cross During the Battle of Somme Including These 9 on the First Day
In the 70 years following World War II only 15 men have been awarded the Commonwealth’s highest military honor. And yet during one five-month long…
The German Evacuation of Kurland and East Prussia – Closing Stages of WWII
As the dismal weather of a Balkan winter lashed the streets, German soldiers and civilians lined up waiting a chance to leave. WWII was almost…
Napoleon’s Great Military Innovations Might Not Have Been As Original They Seemed
The success of Napoleon Bonaparte stands as a testament to his extraordinary talent as a general. For twenty years, his armies dominated the battlefields of…
Wartime Movie Making – The Fleet That Came to Stay, 1945
In 1945 the United States Navy’s Photographic Services Branch made a movie in an attempt to encourage Americans to buy war bonds. They were so…
En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer
There is truly no way to quantify who might be the worst crew in US Naval History, but the men of the USS William D.…
Lothar Rendulic, Hitler’s Austrian Fireman – A Senior German Commander in WWII
A senior Nazi commander in WWII, Lothar Rendulic was known as Hitler’s Austrian Fireman. He served in the eastern theaters of the European war, from…
Wartime Bomb Shelters – Saving Lives From Airborne Attack
Bomb shelters were unnecessary until the 20th century when warfare evolved to aircraft, and falling bombs became a threat. A bomb shelter is not intended…
Warfare Under the Waves – Submarines in the First World War
Submarines were among the important new technologies that came to the fore during WWI. Although work on submarines had been underway for decades, it was…
The Discovery of U-155 – By U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney
One of the most terrifying things about naval combat during the First World War was the constant threat of U-boats, hidden beneath the ocean. Germany…