Battlefield | War History

Alaskan Town Wants to Buy Cold War Antennae to Create Unique Attraction

Ian Harvey

The Northwest Alaskan city of Nome has an idea for a unique tourist attraction. A cluster of communications antennae, built during the Cold War to…

US Pledges Additional Help to Clear Unexploded Bombs in Laos

Laos is the most heavily-bombed country in history. Today, over forty years after the US stopped dropping those bombs, there are millions of unexploded armaments…

WWII Hero Paratrooper Veteran’s Last Words Were “Did I Do Good”

Maynard L. “Beamy” Beamesderfer passed away on August 11 at 92 years old. He was a WWII hero whose last words were, “Did I do…

Remembering the Soldiers of the Battle for Australia

Ian Harvey

Hundreds of school children in Victoria, Australia, gathered to pay tribute to the Australian soldiers in World War II that lost their lives in what…

Vice Admiral Stockdale: US POW Beats Face With Stool, Cuts Scalp & Wrists to Prevent Being Used As Propaganda

He was a POW for years, and instead of beating up his captors, chose to beat himself up, instead. His reward? To be laughed at…

An Old Gift From the Grateful Dutch Now Needs Restoration and Saving

Ian Harvey

Almost 60 years ago the people of the Netherlands gave the United States a gift – the bronze bells of the Netherlands Carillon, which have been…

The Hunt For The Dream Wartime Relic: A Short Story That Every WWII Enthusiast Will Relate To!

Ah, fantasy. For some, it’s outer space, or mystical lands with dragons and fairies. For others, it’s dreaming of what relics lie under the ground.…

Blitzed: Newly Translated Book Will Show How Crystal Meth Sustained the Third Reich in World War Two

According to Norman Ohler, the Nazi Blitzkrieg of WWII was a drug induced rampage sustained by methamphetamine-based drugs. Ohler’s book, “Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany,”…

The Jewish ‘Avengers’ Who Tried to Poison Hundreds of Nazi Prisoners After World War Two

“What is Zionism? Zionism is the Jews taking their fate into their own hands and not letting the others dictate our fate,” so said Dina…

One of the Last Navajo Code Talkers of World War Two Dies Aged 95

On the 6th September 2016, Joe Hosteen Kellwood, one of the last Navajo code talkers that served the US forces during WWII passed away at…

Zero-Rated American Vietnam Veterans Charity Shuts Down

The National Vietnam Veterans Foundation has shut down for good, according to vice president David Kaufman. The zero-rated charity “has severed all ties” with the…

Grave Robbers Make Life Difficult for Volunteer Group Giving WW2 Soldiers Proper Burials

Some of the bloodiest battles at the end of WWII were fought between the German and Russian forces within the borders of Latvia.  In 1944…