Bagpiper Millin: Some Germans who claimed to have seen him didn’t shoot because they believed he was crazy!
Bill Millin, aged 21, was considered to be unarmed on June 6th, 1944 as he jumped from the landing slope in Normandy on Sword Beach.…
WWI-era Graffiti Found in French Tunnels
British and Australian soldiers stationed in France would occasionally be allowed to leave the front lines in order to visit local attractions. There is evidence…
Bunker of the beast of Auschwitz found in a convent
Fritz Bracht, nicknamed the Beast of Auschwitz, was born in Heiden on the 18th January 1899. After school he trained to become a gardener and…
Japan and America’s Differing Views of the End of World War II
US President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima is not being used to “repair” the narratives about World War II. “Not a chance,” says Carol Gluck,…
A WWII Bomber Emerges After More Than Twenty Years of Repair Work (Watch)
It took more than two decades, but the B-25 was finally refurbished and ready to fly. CBS2’s Greg Mills reported the story and confirmed that it…
The End of the Han Dynasty – Battle of Red Cliffs
The end of the mighty Han Dynasty was marked by one of Chinese history’s most significant turning points – the Battle of Red Cliffs, or…
The Gulf of Tonkin – How The US Worked Its Way Into The Vietnam Conflict
Ten years after the disastrous defeat of the French Army in its former Asian colony of Indochina, the divided Vietnam once again captured the world’s…
Little-Known Military Machines: Britain’s WWII Heavy Assault Tank – The Tortoise
The British designed a tank especially for use in World War 2: The Heavy Assault Tank aka Assault Gun aka the Tortoise. However, this tank…
Ghosts of Time: 10 Incredible Pictures of Normandy 1944 and Now Combined!
Haunting images take you back to Normandy 1944, combining historical photographs with their modern-day settings. You can follow Adam Surreys work on Facebook: Ghosts of Time…
The Only Marine to Earn a Medal of Honor for Actions as a POW, Donald Cook Was Truly Unbreakable in the Face of the Enemy
To be clear, there have been multiple Marines who displayed inexplicable gallantry in combat warranting a Medal of Honor before they were subsequently captured. However,…
The Messenger Dog Who Saved Countless Lives At The Battle of Verdun
A courageous World War I war dog was widely hailed a hero, after battling bravely through no man’s land to deliver a life-saving message to…
Museum Finds Secret German WW2 Teleprinter On eBay
While searching eBay, volunteers for The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park found the keyboard from Hitler’s Lorenz cipher machine, used to send coded…