Warfare History
This Day In History: Henry VIII’s Son Is Made King Of England & Ireland (1547)
February 20, 1547, just four days after watching his father’s burial, Edward VI was crowned the King of England and…
Mad Jack Churchill Fought in WWII With a Bow and Sword
With a name like Mad Jack, it’s a certainty that you’ve done a few things that make other people question…
6 WWI Propaganda Posters That Rallied People to Fight
When it came to the first great war of the 20th century, people were scared and many did not want to…
He Repelled An Enemy Assault with Beer Bottles and Became A Hero
William Speakman was born on September 27, 1927, in Altrincham, Cheshire. With a natural sense of initiative, he was eager…
A Daring Escape: How Frank Savicki Broke Free From a German POW Camp, Outsmarted Guards and Crawled for 6 Hours to Win his Freedom
The first American POW to escape during WWI was a Polish immigrant named Frank Savicki. His is an extraordinary tale…
7 Legendary Snipers of World War II
Snipers during WWII were despised by both sides. If a sniper was captured as a POW, his imprisonment would likely be…
This Parade Celebrates the Nazis and Latvian Legion Every Year
In March 2016, a parade in Riga, the capital of Latvia, honored the veterans of Latvian Legion. The men not…
Churchill Created a Secret 12 Day Life Expectancy Army to Fight the Nazis on British Soil
Members of the French Resistance have gone down in history as brave souls who were willing to sacrifice their lives…
4 Villages Where You Probably Didn’t Know WWII Massacres Took Place
Following the D-Day landing on June 6, 1944, German SS troops unleashed a flurry of grizzly massacres across Europe. The…
Hitler’s Great Escape: Conspiracy Crackpot Theory or Complex Cover Up?
The thing about conspiracy theories is that there is credence to some of these apparently tall tales. However, there are…