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    • The Most Terrible, Deadliest Sieges Before the 19th Century

      November 11, 2017

    • Things we may not know about WW1 – In 1914, a soldiers average height was 5’2” & Canadian troops had the highest rates of venereal disease

      November 11, 2017

    • The Totally Inept Nazi Saboteurs Sent To Terror Bomb the USA & Failed

      November 11, 2017

    • The Four Worst Mistakes Of The Axis Powers During WWII

      November 10, 2017

    • The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For Almost 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality

      November 10, 2017

    • Takayama Ukon: A Great Christian Samurai

      November 10, 2017

    • His eyes express the madness of the war: Shell shocked soldier in a trench during the Somme Offensive

      November 10, 2017

    • The Mighty Japanese Battleship Musashi — The Launch that Flooded Nagasaki

      November 10, 2017

    • A Valiant Fight To The Death – 62 Against 3000

      November 10, 2017

    • Rome’s Worst Defeat: The Battle of Cannae 216 B.C.E.

      November 10, 2017

    • MoH: This wounded man leaped off his stretcher & started taking out North Korean fighters with his entrenching tool

      November 10, 2017

    • John Reginald Gorman – The Amazing Irish Kamikaze Tank Buster

      November 10, 2017

    • The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History

      November 10, 2017

    • The Nazi Invasion of the Balkans & Yugoslavia – A Costly Victory

      November 10, 2017

    • 10 Fascinating Facts About Custer and His Last Stand – Little Big Horn

      November 10, 2017

    • Atomic paradise – Veteran shares experience of witnessing atomic testing in the South Pacific

      November 10, 2017

    • The Beautiful American Ship USS Constitution Was Built In 1797 And Is Still Afloat Today

      November 10, 2017

    • Lightning Strike: Killing Admiral Yamamoto and Avenging Pearl Habor

      November 10, 2017

    • Military blunders of the Boer War – led by men of stunning ineptitude, who cost many brave men their lives, probably prolonged the war

      November 10, 2017

    • The US Pilot Who Chased a MiG to China To Shoot It Down, then Survived the Hanoi Hilton

      November 10, 2017

    • A Turning Point In The Life Of Musashi, The Undefeated Samurai

      November 10, 2017

    • Sons of Mars: Early Formative Events that Shaped the Roman Empire

      November 10, 2017

    • The AK-47 – Top Facts – The Most Iconic and Widely used Assault Rifle in the World

      November 10, 2017

    • Sparta: Growth Of An Empire – It Is Widely Known That The Spartans Produced Some Of The Most Brutally Efficient Warriors Of All Time

      November 10, 2017

    • “Sandstorm Division” – Military Records, Newspapers Provide Insight Into Local WWI Veteran, F. Jobe

      November 10, 2017

    • Awesome Sounds and Jaw-Dropping Visuals as the Mosquito FB26 Does a Low-Level Flyby (Watch)

      November 09, 2017

    • The Mysterious Death of the Legendary Confederate General Stonewall Jackson

      November 09, 2017

    • The True Story Of A Famous World War Two Photograph

      November 09, 2017

    • The Argentinian Side of the Falklands War

      November 09, 2017

    • The United States Navy’s First Submarine – Lost at Sea

      November 09, 2017

    • From the Forum: What was the worst mistake made by Germany in WWII

      November 09, 2017

    • Major Cain, The One Man Tank Destroyer, Awarded a VC For Actions At Arnhem

      November 09, 2017

    • Alexander’s Masterpiece: Gaugamela – Defeating The Persians, 331 BC

      November 09, 2017

    • In 1943, several US airmen went on a suicide mission. Two men were awarded a Medal of Honor for Separate Acts of Heroism in One Cursed Bomber

      November 09, 2017

    • The Most Expensive WWII Collectibles Sold – Hitler’s Mercedes Benz Sold for $8 million

      November 09, 2017

    • The Japanese Invasion Threat of Australia

      November 09, 2017

    • Holding a .30 cal, despite the burns & his bleeding wound, he continued to fire until defensive positions were established

      November 09, 2017

    • Things to Know About Spies in the American Civil War Including the Secret Line

      November 09, 2017

    • Tons Of Steel Premieres With World Of Tanks On Xbox One X

      November 09, 2017

    • Missing Both Legs, This RAF Fighter Ace Took Out 22 Germans Planes, Then Escaped Multiple POW Camps

      November 09, 2017

    • The Dog That Went on Missions To Bomb Germany & Was Awarded the Dicken Medal

      November 09, 2017

    • How Scipio Defeated Hannibal And His Elephants and Earned the Name Africanus

      November 09, 2017

    • New Sources Claim Coco Chanel Was A Nazi Spy

      November 09, 2017

    • 1453: The Fall of Constantinople and the end of the Roman Empire

      November 09, 2017

    • Not Often Spoken Of – Australia’s WWII Lend-Lease Program

      November 09, 2017

    • The Friendly Invasion Returns to Suffolk: Welcoming Home Two Men of The Mighty Eighth

      November 09, 2017

    • ‘The most intact U-boat wreck I’ve ever seen’ U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney – The Discovery of U778

      November 08, 2017

    • BIG FIGURES: The 1945 Fall of Germany – 1,696 Transport Planes & 1,348 Gliders – 1,147 Fighter Planes

      November 08, 2017

    • Gunner: An Australian Shepherd Dog that could hear Enemy Aircraft miles away

      November 08, 2017

    • 8 Heavy Machine-guns of WWI

      November 08, 2017

    • Unsolved Mysteries of WWI

      November 08, 2017

    • Famous Firearms from History

      November 08, 2017

    • The History and Development of Fighter Plane Weapons

      November 08, 2017

    • Four Combat Monsters – The Super-Heavy Tanks Of WWI

      November 08, 2017

    • The Nazi Temple of Doom: Wewelsburg Castle – the SS revered the castle as a place of mystical power.

      November 08, 2017

    • Wolf Packs – The Battle of the Atlantic, at a given signal, the U-boats simultaneously launched their torpedoes at multiple targets & then slipped away

      November 08, 2017

    • The invention of the first nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus was so important that it could be compared with the first human flight to the moon

      November 08, 2017

    • Technologies Which Were Developed In War & Then Found A Place In Civilian Life

      November 08, 2017

    • Fascinating Facts About One of America’s Most Successful WWI Fighter Ace, Edward Rickenbacker

      November 08, 2017

    • Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden – Fierce General and Master of Early Gunpowder Tactics

      November 08, 2017

    • As A Mere Lieutenant, Erwin Rommel Earned Germany’s Highest Honor

      November 08, 2017

    • ‘Visionary Veterans’ Exhibit Honors National Inventors Hall Of Fame Inductees Who Served In WWI

      November 07, 2017

    • The Mysterious Death of the Legendary Confederate General Stonewall Jackson

      November 07, 2017

    • Great Sieges of the Ancient World: Tarentum

      November 07, 2017

    • The Most Effective Female Spies of the American Civil War

      November 07, 2017

    • Rome’s Worst Defeat: The Battle of Cannae 216 B.C.E.

      November 07, 2017

    • “IT AIN’T TOO BAD” – RIP Louis Kalil, Last Living Member who fought in WWII’s Most Decorated US Platoon at Battle of Bulge

      November 07, 2017

    • The Battle of Edgehill, October 1642 – Both commanders hoped to force battle

      November 07, 2017

    • The Man Who Bought – And Wore – A Medal of Honor Which Was Not His

      November 07, 2017

    • First African-American To Recieve The Medal Of Honor Did So With The 54th Massachusetts At Fort Wagner

      November 07, 2017

    • The United States Navy’s First Submarine – Lost at Sea

      November 07, 2017

    • This Egyptian Unit Escaped Destruction In 1967 By Invading Israel

      November 07, 2017

    • Good Lessons – Marine Corps veteran describes experience in Okinawa during Vietnam War

      November 06, 2017

    • Here are some of the Worst Friendly Fire incidents from before WWI

      November 06, 2017

    • An Age Of Brutal Conflicts – The Vikings and The Franks

      November 06, 2017

    • AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle

      November 06, 2017

    • The Raid on Alexandria – Military History of Italy in WW2

      November 06, 2017

    • The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For Almost 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality

      November 06, 2017

    • Historically Accurate Turn-Based Strategy Game Numantia – Now Available on PlayStation 4 & Steam

      November 06, 2017

    • Bad Leadership, Old Tactics, & Modern Hardware Cause Carnage on the Eastern Front in WWI

      November 06, 2017

    • Nine Essential Places In France For War History Enthusiasts To Visit

      November 06, 2017

    • The Viking Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire – The Varangian Guard

      November 06, 2017

    • The Tide Turns On The Unstoppable Mongol Invasion

      November 06, 2017

    • “For your tomorrow” – Missouri Veteran Describes Value of Lessons Gleaned from Naval Service

      November 06, 2017

    • “It Stays With You” – Army veteran served with engineer battalion during the Vietnam War

      November 05, 2017

    • The Incredible WW2 Story Of Intrepid Espionage Agent Bill Chong: Agent 50

      November 05, 2017

    • When His Navigator Ejected Halfway Out The Plane, The Heroic Pilot Just Managed To Land And Save His Buddy’s Life

      November 05, 2017

    • Military Innovations From WW1 Which Changed the Face Of War Forever

      November 05, 2017

    • Fighting For Favor, Fighting For Fame – Recruiting Armies In The Unforgiving World Of Medieval England

      November 05, 2017

    • The Only Enlisted Submariner Ever To Be Awarded The Medal Of Honor Locked Himself Inside A Sinking Submarine

      November 05, 2017

    • This Epic Siege In World War II Lasted For More Than 100 Days

      November 05, 2017

    • WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home

      November 05, 2017

    • German War Children, civilian survival in WWII – There was hardly any food, in the last year pretty much none

      November 05, 2017

    • He Crashed his Plane to Save a Friend and Was Awarded the Medal Of Honor

      November 05, 2017

    • Quickly raising armies in the English Civil War – the infantry, or Foot, were divided into two basic units, the pikes & the muskets

      November 05, 2017

    • Blood and Discipline: What it Was Like to Fight in a Roman Battle

      November 04, 2017

    • Roman Ungern von Sternberg, the Reincarnation of Genghis Khan In The Bolshevik Revolution

      November 04, 2017

    • Marine Who Held Machine Gun Alone Was Found Next Morning With Over 200 Dead Enemies Around Him

      November 04, 2017

    • Queen Elizabeth II, The War Years

      November 04, 2017

    • No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy – The Intellectual Genius Of General James “Mad Dog” Mattis

      November 04, 2017

    • Battle of Berlin – The Soviets Hammering The Nail In the Coffin Of The Third Reich

      November 04, 2017

    • 4 Civilian Jobs Done by Roman Legionaries

      November 04, 2017

    • The Best of the Best: Luftwaffe Aces of WWII

      November 04, 2017

    • The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order

      November 04, 2017

    • Things We Didn’t Know About Hadrian’s Wall

      November 04, 2017

    • The 100 Days – Napoleon Returns From Exile, Rallying an Army With His Words Alone

      November 03, 2017

    • Caligula, Arminius and Vercingetorix Rome’s Most Hated Persons

      November 03, 2017

    • Outnumbered Ten To One – Rallying To The Flag Until The End

      November 03, 2017

    • The Most Decorated Enlisted Man In The History Of The US Air Force: Para Rescue Jumper Duane Hackney

      November 03, 2017

    • A Look At Nazi Germany’s Love Of Heavy Tank Destroyers & Assault Guns

      November 03, 2017

    • Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards

      November 03, 2017

    • Masinissa: The Warrior King of Numidia who fought alongside his Armies Well into His 80s

      November 03, 2017

    • Filling a Historical gap – Veteran Chronicles the Service of AC-119 “Shadow” Gunships in Vietnam

      November 03, 2017

    • Battle of Mount Vesuvius, Spartacus and His Men Abseiling Down a Mountain

      November 03, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 5 and 6

      November 03, 2017

    • Badly Wounded, Marine Used His Spade Like a Baseball Bat To Knock Grenades Back At The Enemy

      November 03, 2017

    • Remembering the Waal Crossing: The Sunset March With WWII Veteran Lt Col Megellas

      November 02, 2017

    • Unselfish Service – Missouri State Highway Patrolman died in Japanese POW camp in WWII

      November 02, 2017

    • Admiral Nelson’s Decisive Victory Over The French at Alexandria

      November 02, 2017

    • A Bloody New Year – Battle of Stones River In The American Civil War

      November 02, 2017

    • 2 Years Before Filming It’s a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart was Bombing the Daylights Out of The Third Reich

      November 02, 2017

    • A Bridge Too Far: The Battle for Arnhem – At A Glance

      November 02, 2017

    • The Big Reasons Why The Romans Went to War – Apart From Liking a Good Fight

      November 02, 2017

    • Rudolf Hess: The British people “took care of me very well. They…put a rocking chair near the fireplace and offered me tea”

      November 02, 2017

    • The American landings at Utah Beach were among the easiest – 5 very different experiences: The D-Day beaches

      November 02, 2017

    • FUSAG: Patton’s D-Day Army That Didn’t Exist

      November 02, 2017

    • Lt. Presley O’Bannon, the Marine Corps Mameluke Sword, and the Shores of Tripoli Before It Was a Hymn

      November 02, 2017

    • Strange but True: A Korean Soldier Fought in Pacific, Eastern Front & D-Day for Axis & Allies & 3 Separate Countries

      November 02, 2017

    • Researchers Locate Two Wrecked Bombers from WWII

      November 01, 2017

    • War In The Skies – Fighter Plane Technology In Two World Wars

      November 01, 2017

    • Hans von Luck: The Gentlemanly Nazi Commander

      November 01, 2017

    • All Part Of My Plan – Renowned police officer to be honored guest at Operation Bugle Boy dinner

      November 01, 2017

    • A Devout Christian, he Joined the Nazi Regime: A Strange & Lonely Hero, SS Officer Kurt Gerstein Who Tried to Save Jews

      November 01, 2017

    • During Their Reign of Terror The Nazis Killed 16,000 People With the Guillotine

      November 01, 2017

    • Picked up a Sub-machine Gun At Goose Green and Charged the Argentine Trenches – it is worth noting that as an officer of a high rank who would typically be further back from the front lines

      November 01, 2017

    • Victoria Cross Warrior: Captured 100 Germans and 500 yards of German Trenches

      November 01, 2017

    • 10 Interesting Facts About The End Of The First World War

      November 01, 2017

    • How Climate Change Helped the Swedes March Across A Frozen Sea And Defeat The Danes

      November 01, 2017

    • Saint Nazaire The Best Raid of WW2: Massive Intel, Courage, Sacrifice and Big Explosions

      November 01, 2017

    • A Japanese grenade was headed straight for the hatch & meant certain death for the crew. Without regard for his own life, he covered the hatch with his body. The grenade exploded on Sgt. Timmerman’s chest

      November 01, 2017

    • Some Facts We Didn’t Know About SS-Standartenführer Joachim Peiper

      November 01, 2017

    • 10 Facts About the Battle of Ia Drang (We Were Soldiers)

      November 01, 2017

    • First African American to be Awarded The Navy Cross Was a Cook Firing .50-Caliber Machine Guns at Japanese Bombers At Pearl Harbor

      November 01, 2017

    • Fellowship of combat – Jefferson City paratrooper killed in action during second tour in Vietnam

      November 01, 2017

    • Two Jet Fighters Sent Up to Shoot Down a WWII Warbird in 1956 – They Blasted 208 Rockets at it, it Survived

      November 01, 2017

    • The amazing SOE operation to kidnap ‘The Butcher of Crete’ his actions were as infamous as his SS colleague Reinhard Heydrich

      November 01, 2017

    • French Castle, Destroyed in WWII, Auctioned Off for $1 million

      October 31, 2017

    • America’s Secret Weapon – used only once in WWII

      October 31, 2017

    • Hermann Ramcke, German Marine Turned Paratroop General

      October 31, 2017

    • Many of Germany’s finest tacticians & commanders of WWII served in the panzer forces. One of those men was Walther Nehring

      October 31, 2017

    • RAF: The Tragic Sinking of the SS Cap Arcona, 5,000 Concentration Camp Prisoners Killed

      October 31, 2017

    • America’s First Ever Paratrooper Assault – Operation Torch

      October 31, 2017

    • Outnumbered & With Taliban Overrunning the Base, Clinton Romesha Was Awarded MoH at the Battle of Kamdesh

      October 31, 2017

    • 100s Killed In Tragic ‘Friendly Fire’ our own navy… shot down 27 transport planes killing 410 paratroopers, who were coming in to reinforce us

      October 31, 2017

    • The amazing SOE operation to kidnap ‘The Butcher of Crete’ his actions were as infamous as his SS colleague Reinhard Heydrich

      October 31, 2017

    • Fromelles: The Worst 24 Hours In Australia’s Entire History – July 19th 1916

      October 31, 2017

    • Still Cutting Edge: Top Secret Spy Planes The Lockheed U-2 & the SR-71 Blackbird

      October 31, 2017

    • The 4 Types of Men Who Fought for Napoleon – Not All Wanted To

      October 31, 2017

    • Before Calling it a Night: The One Man Demolition Squad Destroyed, With Grenades, Six Enemy machine guns posts

      October 31, 2017

    • A high-tech promise – Veteran discusses working with new technologies in the 1960s U.S. Navy

      October 31, 2017

    • Total Hypocrisy: Awarded the Medal of Honor For Bravery Whilst His Country Locked up His Family in an Interment Camp

      October 31, 2017

    • How The Soviets Caught Dozens of German Agents In A WWII Spy Game – Even Staging a Mock Battle To Keep Up Charade

      October 31, 2017

    • The Brilliant Sappers and Siege engines – Ivan the Terrible Conquers The city of Kazan

      October 31, 2017

    • The Channel Dash Was Hitler Trying to Save His Ships – A Fast-Moving Naval Battle Of WWII

      October 30, 2017

    • General George S. Patton – one of the most brilliant commanders of WW2 but some would disagree

      October 30, 2017

    • The Persian Thermopylae: When Alexander The Great Nearly Lost His Empire In Battle

      October 30, 2017

    • Coming Home, 1968 – A Vietnam Veteran’s True Story By Dan Daly

      October 30, 2017

    • In Feudal Japan, This Ambitious Warlord Rose To Blood-Soaked Victory, Then Was Betrayed

      October 30, 2017

    • “Appreciate their sacrifices” – Missouri veteran served with Army’s Veterinary Corps in World War I

      October 30, 2017

    • Sieges, Castles, Trenches and Fortresses – Great Moments in Military Engineering

      October 30, 2017

    • The Day General Taylor Went On A Secret Mission To Occupied Rome in 1943

      October 30, 2017

    • The Most Decorated Pacifist of WWI: Stormed German machine gun nests, taking 35 machine guns, silencing 25 German troops & captured 132

      October 30, 2017

    • Controversial: These Household Names Worked With The Third Reich During WWII

      October 30, 2017

    • The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”

      October 30, 2017

    • We Didn’t Know That Dr. Ruth, The Famous Sex Therapist, Was Once A Sniper In The Israeli Army

      October 30, 2017

    • When A British Destroyer Rammed a German Cruiser In World War Two

      October 30, 2017

    • When one man attacked the USA with his militia – Pancho Villa

      October 30, 2017

    • From the Forum: Why Did Nazi Germany Lose The War

      October 30, 2017

    • Transportation equipment reactivated or re-purposed for the WW2 Homefront

      October 30, 2017

    • Six Times Hitler Refused to Face the Reality of his Military Situation

      October 29, 2017

    • Operation Halyard: An Airlift Operation that Saved 417 Allied Airmen In The Balkans

      October 29, 2017

    • Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz – His Leadership During WWII Won The War in the Pacific

      October 29, 2017

    • A Desperate Fight to the Death: RMS Carmania Vs. SMS Cap Trafalgar 1914

      October 29, 2017

    • Rome’s Greatest Enemies – Five People Who Fought Back Against the Empire

      October 29, 2017

    • The U.S. Army’s all Mexican-American Infantry Unit – Little-Known Heroes of the Italian Campaign of WWII

      October 29, 2017

    • Capture of the Privateer Jeune Richard, 1807 – When 28 men defeated 92

      October 29, 2017

    • Echo of Infamy – The Little Known Second Attack on Pearl Harbor, March 4, 1942

      October 29, 2017

    • The Latino Schindler – José Arturo Castellanos Contreras

      October 29, 2017

    • Desperate Measures – Two Massive Lies That Shaped the Last Days of WWII

      October 29, 2017

    • The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth

      October 29, 2017

    • Manned Torpedoes and Massive Ships – The Alexandria Raid Of WW2

      October 29, 2017

    • “Come & fight a Gurkha!” he yelled, lost his right hand throwing back a grenade then “single handedly” defended his post for 4 hours against 200 enemy soldiers, neutralized 31

      October 29, 2017

    • Battle of Kadesh would claim the title of the largest chariot battle ever, despite chariot warfare persisting for nearly 1,000 more years

      October 29, 2017

    • Blitzkrieg, Bombs, and Blunders: “Smiling Albert” Kesselring in World War II

      October 29, 2017

    • Audie Leon Murphy: WW2 Two Hero, Medal of Honor Recipient & Hollywood Mega-Star

      October 29, 2017

    • The British POW who was given permission to visit his dying mother – he returned to camp voluntarily only to dig a tunnel and escape

      October 29, 2017

    • Got a spare $2.5 million – good as this Spitfire is for sale

      October 28, 2017

    • Saddam’s Secret Super Gun – Project Babylon

      October 28, 2017

    • Battles Where the Terrain was Decisive

      October 28, 2017

    • Colourised WWII Tanks – By Liana Jacob and Michael Carroll

      October 28, 2017

    • Was It Really A War Crime – Thousands of Germans Died in American POW Camps In 1945

      October 28, 2017

    • Reasons World War I Became Inevitable

      October 28, 2017

    • Some of the Reasons for the French Military Disaster at Dien Bien Phu

      October 28, 2017

    • He was shot, bayoneted, beaten, left for dead, but recovered & lived to be 98 years of age. Revolutionary War hero Samuel Whittemore

      October 28, 2017

    • Battle of the Neretva – Tito did not want to continue the attack. He achieved what he wanted – to save the wounded & sick soldiers

      October 28, 2017

    • The Roman Army never wanted to be forgotten – here are some legacies they left behind

      October 28, 2017

    • Here are some of the best U-Boat aces of WWII

      October 28, 2017

    • The Murky Fate Of Gestapo Chief And Nazi War Criminal Heinrich Müller

      October 28, 2017

    • All Soldiers Run Away: Alano’s War, The Story of a British Deserter – By Andy Owen

      October 28, 2017

    • The Red Baron: Manfred von Richthofen, Famed WW1 Flying Ace

      October 27, 2017

    • Artist Recreates Late Grandfather’s War Rescue – Shot Down Over North Korea: October 1951

      October 27, 2017

    • General Hyazinth von Strachwitz, The Panzer Count

      October 27, 2017

    • Fighting Joe Hooker at the Battle of Fredericksburg: The Frustrated Commander

      October 27, 2017

    • The Sinking of U-166 – By Martin K.A. Morgan

      October 27, 2017

    • Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, A Terrible Tragedy of WW2, When A Thousand Allied Prisoners Lost Their Lives

      October 27, 2017

    • Paratroop Commander – Nazi General Kurt Student Fought In Both World Wars And Became One Of The Greatest Aerial Innovators Of WWII

      October 27, 2017

    • When The Allies Attacked Oran And Were Annihilated By Vichy French Soldiers

      October 27, 2017

    • His eyes express the madness of the war: Shell shocked soldier in a trench during the Somme Offensive

      October 27, 2017

    • The Fighting Filipinos: Give me ten thousand Filipinos and I shall conquer the world – MacArthur

      October 27, 2017

    • No Breathalyzers in Those Days: The True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at Pearl Habor – Hungover

      October 27, 2017

    • Firing From the Hip: With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima

      October 27, 2017

    • By Air and Sea – Veteran Served As Radioman Aboard Navy Seaplanes During Korean War

      October 27, 2017

    • 4 Great British doctors of WW1 – advances in weaponry inflicted incredible destruction upon fighting men

      October 27, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 4 – 48 Royal Tank Regiment At Point 174

      October 27, 2017

    • Maurice Gamelin and the Fall of France 1940

      October 27, 2017

    • After 39 Soviet Commandos Took Hill 3234 In Afghanistan, Not Even Hundreds Of Mujahedeen Could Dislodge Them

      October 27, 2017

    • How Bletchley Park’s codebreaking led to a stunning victory in the Arctic Ocean and a very unusual gift from the Soviets – a reindeer named Pollyanna

      October 26, 2017

    • Ticking Time Bomb: The Mines At Messines, Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives, 20 Detonated, 5 Remain, Waiting

      October 26, 2017

    • The Youngest Soldier In WWI Was A Serbian Boy, Aged 8

      October 26, 2017

    • Four Military Operations Which Were Fought In Abominable Weather Conditions

      October 26, 2017

    • World War Two’s Long Struggle for New Guinea

      October 26, 2017

    • Being a Footsoldier in Ancient Battles; A Frontline View of Victory

      October 26, 2017

    • Great Cavalry Commanders From Throughout Military History

      October 26, 2017

    • Real Heroes of Telemark – When Commandos Stopped the Nazis Nuclear Bomb Project

      October 26, 2017

    • Five Ways Napoleon Made Himself into the New Charlemagne

      October 26, 2017

    • Some Of The Worst Japanese Massacres of World War II

      October 26, 2017

    • First Indian Army Soldier To Be Awarded VC Was The Only Man of His Team to Survive the German Onslaught at Ypres

      October 26, 2017

    • Raegan Oates Presents – Violette Szabo, Elite Special Operations Agent In World War Two

      October 25, 2017

    • The “Man Killer” Lives Up To His Name – by Richard F. Johnston

      October 25, 2017

    • 10 Great Men Who Inspired Napoleon as a Child

      October 25, 2017

    • Fast Facts – Hitler Gambles Everything: The Battle of the Bulge

      October 25, 2017

    • Hans Joachim Marseille, Anti Nazi & One Of The Most Amazing Fighter Pilots Of WWII

      October 25, 2017

    • The Development Of Armor – From Ancient Times To Modern Warfare

      October 25, 2017

    • Stories Of Humanity And Compassion From Throughout The Second World War

      October 25, 2017

    • The American Jewish Mobster Who Hunted Down Nazi Sympathizers And Secured New York Harbor

      October 25, 2017

    • From Ancient Times To World War Two – Massive Retreats of Military History

      October 25, 2017

    • The Roman Barbarian Wars; The Era of Roman Conquest – Review by William McLaughlin

      October 25, 2017

    • Defying Orders, He Rescued his Friends Under Fire, Dakota Meyer Became First Living Marine Recipient of the Medal of Honor in 38 Years

      October 25, 2017

    • The Falklands War – A War for Lost Glory

      October 25, 2017

    • A Terrifying Cavalry Charge – Turks Among the Asian Steppes

      October 24, 2017

    • The Endlessly Fascinating WWI Espionage of Mata Hari – In Color

      October 24, 2017

    • Vietnam: Ignored Heavy Damage To His Aircraft & Repeatedly Attacked Enemy FLAK With Bombs & Cannon Fire

      October 24, 2017

    • SS Officer Dirlewanger: A Violent Alcoholic, Sadist & One of the Worst Nazi War Criminals

      October 24, 2017

    • Defying Marine Corps Regulations By Racking Up 17 Convictions, & Being Declared A Deserter, Lucas Was Awarded The Medal Of Honor For His Actions That Day On Iwo Jima

      October 24, 2017

    • 6 Wars That Proved the Devastating Power of Ground Attack Aircraft

      October 24, 2017

    • The Fierce Battle of Kozara – Yugoslav Partisan vs Wehrmacht

      October 24, 2017

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      October 24, 2017

    • Paid With Interest – Vietnam Veteran Shares Story Of Service, Repayment of 48-Year-Old Debt

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    • The Capture of the Bridge Over the Rhine at Remagen, 7 March 1945 & was built by Russian prisoners captured on the Eastern Front

      October 24, 2017

    • Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle, From The End Of The Roman Empire To Byzantium

      October 24, 2017

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    • Desperately Holding Near Arnhem, Major Robert Cain Used the PIAT to Perfection – he was awarded the Victoria Cross

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    • These 4 Massive Nazi-Built Bunkers Near Calais Are Both Frightening & Stunning

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    • Putten: The Wehrmacht Carted Off 601 Dutch Men To Concentration Camps, Only 48 Returned

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    • Unknown Soldier – Upcoming Finnish WW2 Movie

      October 23, 2017

    • General Rommel And The Afrika Korps In Stunning Pictures

      October 23, 2017

    • These 4 Massive Nazi-Built Bunkers Near Calais Are Both Frightening and Stunning

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    • Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire

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    • Guest Blogger Geoff Moore: Cambodia, Pol Pot and ‘Dark Tourism’

      October 23, 2017

    • The Warsaw Uprising: The Heroic Final Stand of the Polish Home Army and the Destruction of Warsaw

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    • When Cavalry Captured A Fleet Trapped In Ice – A Unique Event In Military History

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    • Roman Legions Of Renown… And How They Earned Their Names

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    • The Pacific Island Hopping Strategy: Taking Eniwetok Atoll

      October 23, 2017

    • Leaving No Man Behind, Bennie Adkins Missed the Evacuation Helicopter and Helped a Team Evade Capture in the Jungles of Vietnam for Over 48 Hours

      October 23, 2017

    • Marcus Agrippa: Augustus’ Little Known Right Hand Man Who Knew How to Limit his Ambitions

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    • With the Enemy Approaching, He Sat Beside His Wounded Comrade, Pulled the Pin on Two Grenades, and Waited

      October 23, 2017

    • To Hell and Back: 10 Interesting facts about Audie Murphy

      October 23, 2017

    • Extremely Effective Tactical Formations Of Military History

      October 23, 2017

    • Stubby the War Dog: Would Warn About Gas, Saved Countless Lives, Earned a Purple Heart, Was Promoted To Sergeant

      October 23, 2017

    • The Gallipoli Landings: A New Kind of War

      October 23, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: 3 – Major Lidderdale’s Recovery

      October 23, 2017

    • The Surface Raiding Ships of World War One

      October 22, 2017

    • The MG42: the Most Important Machine-Gun of WWII

      October 22, 2017

    • The Unstoppable Highland Charge – First Blood in the Jacobite Rising of 1745

      October 22, 2017

    • After A Mid Air Collision – One Pilot Lands Both Planes

      October 22, 2017

    • U-570 – The Only Ship To Be Captured By An Aircraft

      October 22, 2017

    • Australia’s Pearl Harbor – The Bombing of Darwin By Hundreds of Japanse Aircraft

      October 22, 2017

    • Ideologies That Have Inspired Soldiers

      October 22, 2017

    • When His Handler Was Killed, This Heroic War Dog Died Of A Broken Heart The Same Day

      October 22, 2017

    • The Great Siege of Gibraltar: 1779-1783 France & Spains Failed Attempt To Take The Rock

      October 22, 2017

    • The last battle of the Vikings On The West Coast Of Scotland

      October 22, 2017

    • Medal of Honor Pilot Grounded for Buzzing & Blowing Clothes Off an Oakland Woman’s Clothes Line

      October 22, 2017

    • Longbow and Broadsword in WW2 – The Early Service Of Fighting or “Mad Jack” Churchill

      October 22, 2017

    • Takes out 3 Machine Guns, Kills 20 and captures 50 Germans – Even The Enemy Patted Him on the Back

      October 22, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 1 and 2

      October 22, 2017

    • 12 Reasons Why the Falklands War Was A Closer Call Than You Think

      October 22, 2017

    • Albert Göring, Despised the Nazi Regime – Saved Countless Jews & Dissidents, Unlike His Brother

      October 22, 2017

    • Wacko: The US Navy Destroyer That Sank A Japanese Submarine – With The Aid of Potatoes

      October 21, 2017

    • The Not-So-Great Escape: German POWs Biggest POW Breakout Happened just two days before Christmas 1944

      October 21, 2017

    • Myth Busting: The Top Ten Misconceptions of the First World War

      October 21, 2017

    • Marine Horse “Reckless” Received Two Purple Hearts, Was Promoted To Staff Sergeant

      October 21, 2017

    • HMS Audacious: The Only Super-Dreadnought Sunk in WWI – By A German Naval Mine

      October 21, 2017

    • Jack Hinson: A Civil War Sniper Hell Bent on Revenge

      October 21, 2017

    • Winning Isn’t Always Worth It – Pyrrhic Victories Of Military History

      October 21, 2017

    • Karl Donitz, Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine, Was The Last President of Nazi Germany

      October 21, 2017

    • 3 Key Phases in the History of the Roman Army

      October 21, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: Tiger Construction

      October 21, 2017

    • British Army’s Greatest Humiliation – The Fall of Singapore

      October 21, 2017

    • 5 Wars in Which Drugs Fuelled the Fighting

      October 21, 2017

    • When Pirates Kidnapped Julius Caesar He Laughed at Their Ransom Demands & Told Them To Ask for More

      October 21, 2017

    • The Commanders Whose Incompetence Nearly Lost Britain the Second Boer War

      October 21, 2017

    • The Battle of Megiddo: The First Recorded Battle Of Military History

      October 21, 2017

    • John Glenn, Astronaut & Senator Who Flew Combat Missions in WW2 & Korea – shot down 3 MiG-15s

      October 21, 2017

    • The Battle of Kovel: Disaster Amid Russia’s Greatest Military Triumph Of WWI

      October 21, 2017

    • Sammy L. Davis: The Real Forrest Gump, when it came time to award Forrest the Medal of Honor, they took the footage straight from the ceremony that honored Sammy L. Davis

      October 20, 2017

    • Hero Helped Save His Burning B-17 By Urinating On The Fire & Drove Off Waves of German Fighters

      October 20, 2017

    • Bomber Dog: Antis the dog that went on bombing missions to Germany even earned a medal

      October 20, 2017

    • Mel Brooks, One of the Funniest Men Alive, spent WW2 clearing Land Mines

      October 20, 2017

    • Idolising the Enemy: 7 Englishmen Who Inspired Napoleon

      October 20, 2017

    • Open Arms, Closed Minds and Eyes: Chieu Hoi, Psyop, and the Intelligence Failures in the 1968 Tet Offensive

      October 20, 2017

    • Fury, Hetzer, Combat Dealers & Bruce Crompton – By Mark Barnes

      October 20, 2017

    • CAF Red Tail Squadron Launches Virtual Museum to Honor Tuskegee Airmen

      October 20, 2017

    • A Monument To the Bravery of Ordinary German Soldiers – The Battle For Monte Cassino

      October 20, 2017

    • The Fearless Young Soviet Women Who Played A Huge Part In World War II

      October 20, 2017

    • Ten Strange Mysteries Of World War One

      October 20, 2017

    • Mel Brooks, One of the Funniest Men Alive, spent WWII clearing Land Mines

      October 20, 2017

    • American dream – Conscripted by Germany during WWII, soldier later builds life in America

      October 20, 2017

    • Sammy L. Davis: The Real Forrest Gump, when it came time to award Forrest the Medal of Honor, they took the footage straight from the ceremony that honored Sammy L. Davis

      October 20, 2017

    • The Battle of Tarawa: 76 Hours of Hell – 5,700 Dead for Twelve Square Miles

      October 20, 2017

    • A Kiwi Victory: Minesweepers Moa & Kiwi sink a Japanese Sub By Repeatedly Ramming It

      October 20, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: Soviet Tanks At Kursk

      October 20, 2017

    • Korean War: General Dean, Destroyed an Enemy Tank & Escaped Capture For 36 Days – Then His Ordeal As POW Started

      October 20, 2017

    • How Hitler And Hirohito Lead Their People Off A Cliff During A Depression

      October 20, 2017

    • 3 Urban Legends of War That Are Actually True… And One That Is Not

      October 20, 2017

    • 3 Key Artillery Techniques of the First World War

      October 20, 2017

    • Bomber Dog: Antis the dog that went on bombing missions to Germany and earned a medal

      October 20, 2017

    • Helped Save His Burning B-17 By Urinating On The Fire & Drove Off Waves of German Fighters

      October 20, 2017

    • Little Known Battles of Attu & Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During WWII

      October 19, 2017

    • The Man Who Spared Hitler’s Life In WWI & Changed The World Forever

      October 19, 2017

    • When “Red Mike” Edson & His 800 Men Were Up Against 2,500 Japanese – “You men have done a great job, & I have just one more thing to ask of you”

      October 19, 2017

    • We Were Soldiers: The Amazing Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley – Veteran of WWII, Korea & Vietnam

      October 19, 2017

    • 10 Friendly Fire Incidents From Military History

      October 19, 2017

    • The Fairey Firefly Recon Fighter – Fast Recon In WW2

      October 19, 2017

    • Big Guns – The Devastating Field Artillery Of WW1

      October 19, 2017

    • The Race to the Sea On Western Front In The First World War

      October 19, 2017

    • The First Allied Soldier Killed By Enemy Fire on D-Day – Lieutenant Den Brotheridge At Pegasus Bridge

      October 19, 2017

    • This Gigantic Submarine Factory Couldn’t Even Be Destroyed By The 22,000 lb Grand Slam Bomb

      October 19, 2017

    • 12 Historic Sieges of Jerusalem

      October 19, 2017

    • A Look Into WWII Hidden Battlefield – Diving into D-Day

      October 19, 2017

    • Used His Last Moments In a Burning B-24 To Sink a U-Boat – Rescued German Captain Recommended Him For a VC

      October 19, 2017

    • 5 Grand Goals Napoleon Aimed to Achieve in Egypt

      October 19, 2017

    • Red Arrow Division – Local soldier killed while serving on New Guinea during WW2

      October 19, 2017

    • 10 Facts about the German defeat at Verdun (1916)

      October 19, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: The Battle Of Kursk – Part II

      October 19, 2017

    • Malta: The Island Nation that Defied the Fuhrer

      October 19, 2017

    • Britain’s Bomber Balloon Attacks Against Nazi Germany

      October 19, 2017

    • The Real Story Of Mel Gibson’s “We Were Soldiers”, the Battle of Ia Drang

      October 18, 2017

    • One of the last SS units to hold out defending Hitler’s bunker in Berlin was comprised entirely of Frenchmen

      October 18, 2017

    • Lacey Lady, The B17 WWII Bomber, To Be Restored To Its Former Glory

      October 18, 2017

    • West Loch: The Pearl Harbor Disaster No-One Knows About

      October 18, 2017

    • The Youngest & Oldest Living Medal of Honor Recipients Both Jumped on Live Grenades

      October 18, 2017

    • VC Who Turned The Tide At The Battle Of Isurava – The Japanese Were Caught Off Guard As The Fierce Australian Juggernaut Fired At Them From His Hip

      October 18, 2017

    • VC: A Gurkha Calmly Stood Up In Open Sight & Killed A Sniper Pinning Down His Company Before Going On To Clear 5 Enemy Bunkers, Single-Handedly, All Whilst Under Heavy Fire

      October 18, 2017

    • The Story of Big Week: The Plan to Cripple the Luftwaffe, Some Say it Was a Waste of Men & Machines

      October 18, 2017

    • Greatest Mysteries of WWII – They Were Ahead of the Curve, Top Secret Weapons Of Nazi Germany

      October 18, 2017

    • The Experiences Of Hitler’s Food Taster

      October 18, 2017

    • 10 Facts About Albert Speer, the Architect, Visionary & “good” Nazi

      October 18, 2017

    • Nelsons Heroic Death at Trafalgar 1805

      October 18, 2017

    • The Thrown is Mine Give it to Me: William the Conqueror’s superior strategy at Hastings, 1066

      October 18, 2017

    • 8 Things We Need To Know About The Iwo Jima Landings

      October 18, 2017

    • Padre Foote Stayed Behind After The Dieppe Fiasco & The Only Canadian Chaplain To Be Awarded The Victoria Cross

      October 18, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: The Battle Of Kursk – Part I

      October 18, 2017

    • Custer’s Controversial Battle of Little Bighorn

      October 18, 2017

    • 6 Great Aviators of WWI – They Were Pioneers of the New Super Weapon

      October 18, 2017

    • Finding A Hero – Veteran Receives Medal of Honor 24 Years After Valorous Actions

      October 18, 2017

    • 10 Facts About Russian WW2 General Ivan Konev – Marshal & Hero of the Soviet Union

      October 18, 2017

    • 9 Reasons Poland Fell So Quickly in 1939

      October 18, 2017

    • Apparently Openly Gay, Maybe Jewish But Joined The SS In Search For The Holy Grail: He Was The Inspiration For Indiana Jones

      October 17, 2017

    • The Abandoned Mines At Messines – Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives – 20 have detonated, but 5 remain

      October 17, 2017

    • Vietnam Warrior & Green Beret Had 37 Wounds & Still Carried On Fighting – He Was Awarded The Medal of Honor

      October 17, 2017

    • Medal of Honor: Nominated 4 Times: Survived a Concentration Camp, Went Berserker & Took on the Korean Army with a .30 Caliber Machine Gun

      October 17, 2017

    • Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, American Hero Who Saved Hundreds of Jewish Soldiers in WWII

      October 17, 2017

    • The Gigantic Floating Dry Docks That Could Repair Battleships And Carriers Thousands Of Miles From Home

      October 17, 2017

    • These Were The Best Pilots The German Luftwaffe Had During World War II

      October 17, 2017

    • Operation Long Jump: Hitler’s Plan to Kill off his Enemies all at Once

      October 17, 2017

    • The Commando Raids On The Norwegian Coast That Tied Up 30,000 German Soldiers

      October 17, 2017

    • White Rose: The German Anti-Nazi Activists Beheaded in 1943 – Sophie Scholl was 22 & her brother Hans was 25 years old

      October 17, 2017

    • 11 Facts We Never Knew About Medieval Warhorses

      October 17, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: The Mystery Of The Tiger Recovery Vehicle

      October 17, 2017

    • Napoleon as Augustus: How He Modelled Himself on the Roman Empire

      October 17, 2017

    • Trafalgar: The Destruction Of Napoleon’s Navy That Saved Britain From French Invasion

      October 17, 2017

    • 7 Facts About The First Major Battle Between US & German Forces At Kasserine Pass 1943

      October 17, 2017

    • 10 Defining Features of Incan Warfare

      October 17, 2017

    • Jumped Onto Another Bunker With His Flamethrower, Stuck The Nozzle Into Air Vent & Pulled The Trigger. There Were No Survivors

      October 17, 2017

    • Thread & poll of the week: What was the best fighter plane of WWII, this is what our readers had to say

      October 17, 2017

    • When “Red Mike” Edson & His 800 Men Were Up Against 2,500 Attacking Japanese – “You men have done a great job, and I have just one more thing to ask of you”

      October 17, 2017

    • The Oldest Commando Of WWII – 73 Year Old Walter Cowan Of Course, Oh, He Was Also In WWI

      October 17, 2017

    • The Man Who Spared A Wounded Hitler’s Life In WWI – And Changed The World Forever

      October 16, 2017

    • This Finnish Ace Took to the Skies Against a Soviet Enemy That Outnumbered them 9 to 1

      October 16, 2017

    • Unconventional Designs And Challenging Builds – German Heavy Tank Destroyers At The End of World War II

      October 16, 2017

    • Hitler’s Fortified Siegfried Line Was Massive And Included 22,000 Bunkers And Pillboxes

      October 16, 2017

    • Women of The Civil War: Wives and Sisters Who Went Onto the Battlefield Dressed As Men

      October 16, 2017

    • The de Havilland Mosquito is a Classic WWII Plane – They Called it the “Wooden Wonder”

      October 16, 2017

    • The Three Allied Fighter Planes that Brought the Luftwaffe to its Knees

      October 16, 2017

    • Isandlwana 1879: Spear-wielding Zulu Warriors Surround and Destroy British Riflemen

      October 16, 2017

    • How the Romans Lost a Tenth of Their Armies in a Single Battle – The Teutoburg Forest

      October 16, 2017

    • With 8 Silver Stars and 2 Distinguished Service Crosses, General John Corley Was Born To Lead

      October 16, 2017

    • The 1941 Siege of Tobruk, Birth Of The Rats of Tobruk

      October 16, 2017

    • Tanga Fiasco: Poorly Led British Defeated By Germans, And Bees

      October 16, 2017

    • This Is What You Should Know About the Kaiten – Japanese Suicide Torpedo

      October 16, 2017

    • The Battle of Karnal: Cannon Mounted Camels v War Elephants

      October 16, 2017

    • Banzai Charges From the Tunnels During the 1945 Battle of Corregidor Island

      October 16, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: Prokhorovka And The Myth Of The Largest Tank Battle

      October 16, 2017

    • 7 Ways Napoleon Celebrated Battlefield Courage

      October 16, 2017

    • Channel Dash: When the Germans Snuck a Whole Fleet Group Through the English Channel

      October 16, 2017

    • The Glorious First of June Broke One Of The Rules By Which We Understand Battles

      October 15, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: North Africa Veteran Reg Hunt Remembers

      October 15, 2017

    • They ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch & ‘em – An Analysis of the Exfiltration Operation that followed the Battle at Chalmette

      October 15, 2017

    • Crazy French Count Blew Up German Factory With Baguettes Filled With Explosives

      October 15, 2017

    • When He Was Awarded the Medal of Honor For Bravery, The US Locked His Japanese Parents Up In An Internment Camp

      October 15, 2017

    • Operation Pike – The Plan to Bomb Soviet Oilfields In 1939 And Lose The War

      October 15, 2017

    • Michael D. Carroll Presents: Retrographic – The Legendary Tuskegee Airmen of World War Two

      October 15, 2017

    • “I Don’t Like Ike” – Reassessing General Dwight Eisenhower’s Military Career – By Peter B. Gemma

      October 15, 2017

    • The Little Known Battles of Attu And Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During WWII

      October 15, 2017

    • Roman Military Officers and What They Did

      October 15, 2017

    • Japanese Schindler Helped 5,580 Jews Escape The Holocaust Ended Up Selling Lightbulbs To Survive

      October 15, 2017

    • 9 Feb 1945: Victory at the Colmar Pocket, Germans Eviction From The West Bank of The Rhine

      October 15, 2017

    • 7 Reasons the Conquistadors Beat the Incas

      October 15, 2017

    • 12 Battles That Defined the Crusades – Brutal Times

      October 15, 2017

    • Honda Point Disaster: Where 7 Destroyers and 23 Sailors Were Lost In The Largest Peacetime Loss Of U.S. Navy Ships

      October 15, 2017

    • The Storm That Saved Washington From The British In 1814

      October 15, 2017

    • 5 Rules of Chivalry and How They Were Broken

      October 15, 2017

    • This is How Tribal Queen Boudica Almost Beat the Mighty Roman Army

      October 15, 2017

    •  Past Presidents Serve as Honorary Directors for National Medal of Honor Museum

      October 14, 2017

    • The Past & Present Series – Four New Titles Will Be Released In October 2017

      October 14, 2017

    • 2600 Years Ago, The First Recorded Olympic Winner Led A Rebellion in Athens – Today Researchers May Have Found The Bones Of The Rebel Army

      October 14, 2017

    • Bravery, Discipline, and Very Long Journeys – A Marine’s Life on Board a WWII US Warship

      October 14, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: The Tiger combat debut took place in August 1942 on the Eastern Front. It was not a success, with three of the four breaking down.

      October 14, 2017

    • Long-Missing WWII Airman Unites French Village and American Widow 60 Years After His Death

      October 14, 2017

    • Before the Tank, Many Different Weird Armed Fighting Vehicles Were Developed

      October 14, 2017

    • Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, Rode the six hundred – By Mistake

      October 14, 2017

    • Famous Knights of the Middle Ages – Warriors, Leaders, and Scholars

      October 14, 2017

    • Starving Their Own Men: Britain’s Epic Supply Failure in the Crimea

      October 14, 2017

    • The Battle of Ortona – When 2,600 Canadian Men Were Sacrificed for a General’s Pride

      October 14, 2017

    • MoH & NFL Legend: “I saw him throw approximately 10 to 12 grenades, with German automatic fire and grenades coming back all the time.”

      October 14, 2017

    • Ira Hayes – Iwo Jima Flag Raiser & Very Reluctant Hero

      October 14, 2017

    • Frederick the Great, Defeating A Superior Enemy: Leuthen, 1757

      October 14, 2017

    • Jan Žižka: The Blind and Undefeated General of the Hussite Wars

      October 14, 2017

    • The Belgian Fortress That Stopped The German Invaders For 11 Days In May 1940 – Fort Aubin-Neufchateau

      October 14, 2017

    • Top Secret: US Naval Base At Ulithi Was For A Time The World’s Largest Naval Facility

      October 14, 2017

    • The Marshalls-Gilberts Raids of 1942: America’s Pearl Harbor Payback

      October 14, 2017

    • French And British Tanks Changed The Face Of Warfare In WWI, But Germany Did Not Realise Their Value Until The End Of The War

      October 13, 2017

    • “It’s Service I Had To Do” – Army veteran served with infantry division in Europe during WWII

      October 13, 2017

    • An Unprecedented And Terrifying Weapon – Gas Arrives On The Battlefields Of World War One

      October 13, 2017

    • Attorney Parks WWII Tank in Front of Multi-Million Dollar Home and the Neighbors are Not Pleased

      October 13, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: Background To The Battle Of Kursk

      October 13, 2017

    • How Napoleon’s Empire Empowered European Jews

      October 13, 2017

    • Massive Black Tom Explosion: Imperial Germany’s Secret Sabotage & Terrorist Attacks on America

      October 13, 2017

    • MoH: 8 German soldiers moved in to try to capture one wounded Edward Carter – It Didn’t End To Well

      October 13, 2017

    • 2 February 1943 – The End of the Battle For Stalingrad. Brutal close quarters fighting was accompanied by bombardments that saw swathes of the city reduced to rubble

      October 13, 2017

    • The Brutal Battle of Monte Cassino & the Breaking of the Gustav Line

      October 13, 2017

    • It’s Complicated: The Royal Navy Freed 299 POW But Caused Norway To Be Invaded By Nazi Germany

      October 13, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: When The Germans Desperately Needed To Counter The T-34, This Was Their Design

      October 13, 2017

    • How Dr. Morell Made Hitler A Cocaine Junkie

      October 13, 2017

    • Massive Engagements Of Ancient Warships – The Most Decisive Ancient Naval Battles

      October 13, 2017

    • The Immense Tet Offensive – One Of The Biggest Campaigns In The Vietnam War

      October 13, 2017

    • Montgomery Was Shot Twice During WWI – And Other Things We Might Not Have Known About Him

      October 13, 2017

    • Like a Scene From the Great Escape: If PoWs Escaped They Had To Learn Fast To Blend In With The Locals

      October 12, 2017

    • The Malayan Emergency: Winning Hearts And Minds In The Conflict With Communism

      October 12, 2017

    • The Wacko Story of Jumpin’ Joe Beyrle – The US Paratrooper who Served in a Soviet Tank Battalion a Hero of Two Nations

      October 12, 2017

    • The Day the U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Captured Spy Ship

      October 12, 2017

    • Ohio Sheriff’s Department Sells Model 1921 Tommy Gun for $90,000

      October 12, 2017

    • French Ferry Terminal Evacuated After British Tourist Caught With WWII Explosives in Suitcase

      October 12, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: Second World War Veterans: British – Part 4

      October 12, 2017

    • A Glorious Gloster Single Handedly Charges a Chinese Bunker Twice, Threw a Grenade With His Last Breath, Saves His Men

      October 12, 2017

    • Joseph Stalin’s Hated Son Died In A Nazi Concentration Camp – Stalin Didn’t Care to Much About It

      October 12, 2017

    • Real Life Air America: The CIA’s Covert Airline Used for Everything, including Drug Smuggling

      October 12, 2017

    • Badges of Honor, Tokens of Renown – Ancient Roman Military Decorations

      October 12, 2017

    • The Strange Story of Georg “Bloodhound” Morgen – The Only SS Judge Who Brought Nazis To Trial

      October 12, 2017

    • Victoria Cross: Warrior Killed By Friendly Fire, A Tragic End for a Hardened Fighter Who Was 5 days From Going Home

      October 12, 2017

    • Teddy Roosevelt & The Charge of the Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Heights

      October 12, 2017

    • 378 Adrianople: Rise of the Barbarians And The Beginning Of The End Of The Roman Empire

      October 12, 2017

    • Over There: US Army World War One Footage in Color

      October 11, 2017

    • Started out as a Biplane: The Grumman F4F Wildcat One Of The Most Valuable American Fighter Planes Of WW2

      October 11, 2017

    • The Cutting Edge Heinkel He162 Salamander – Another fascinating German Jet Fighter Concept

      October 11, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: Second World War Veterans: British – Part 3

      October 11, 2017

    • The Battle of Actium: Agrippa’s Victory, Octavian’s Glory

      October 11, 2017

    • An Italian Civil War in Spain: Guadalajara, 1937

      October 11, 2017

    • The English Navy Full of Drunkenness, Disorder and the Plague: The Cadiz Fiasco of 1625

      October 11, 2017

    • The Heinkel He 177 Flaming Coffin, The German Heavy Dive Bomber The Luftwaffe Hated

      October 11, 2017

    • They Got the Wrong Village: SS Troops Massacred Over 600 French Villagers in Oradour-sur-Glane

      October 11, 2017

    • January 27, 1944 & With an Estimated 800,000 Civilian Deaths The 900 Day Leningrad Siege Was Over

      October 11, 2017

    • From The Tank Museum: German Tanks At Kursk

      October 11, 2017

    • Protecting His Marines at All Costs This Devil Doc Jumped on a Live Grenade in Vietnam to Save Them

      October 11, 2017

    • Admiral Kimmel: The Scapegoat of Pearl Harbor – “It would have been merciful had it killed me” as he watched helplessly as the disaster unfolded

      October 11, 2017

    • 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs: Flemish Butchers & Weavers Defeat French Professional Knights

      October 11, 2017

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