Warfare History
19 Interesting Things You May Not Know About Great Britain during the Crushing Blitz of 1940-1941
The term blitzkrieg was invented by journalists to describe the three-pronged attack unleashed by the German military on Poland during…
18 Major Events During Adolf Hitler’s Rise to Power
Born in Austria-Hungary on April 20, 1889, the man who became the Fuhrer experienced a difficult and somewhat peripatetic childhood,…
A Countdown Through History’s Most Elite and Deadly Warriors
Ever since the first caveman picked up a spear, some men have been better at waging war than others. Indeed,…
The Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Five Times As Many Jews As Oskar Schindler
"Do what is right because it is right, and leave it alone" - Chiune Sugihara. Relatively few know about the…
20 Forgotten Atrocities Committed by the Allies During World War II
As Hawkeye Pierce poignantly quipped "war is war, and hell is hell. And of the two, war is a lot…
A Countdown of History’s 16 Most Influential and Formidable Mercenaries
Mercenaries - warriors hired to take part in armed conflicts, without being a formal part of a government's forces -…
America’s Aerial Gunners in World War II Were Believed to Be an Unstoppable Force
"From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.…
Haunted Hikes: Phantoms Of The Northern Appalachian Trails Are the Remainders of a Bloody Civil War Battle
The mighty Appalachian Trail. Few things in this world spark excitement in outdoorsmen and women like an opportunity to recede…
18 All But Forgotten American War Heroes
In every war heroes emerge, some to everlasting fame and some revert to relative obscurity. Some preferred to remain in…
16 of the Worst Experiments the Government Performed On Humans
Conspiracy theorists are often criticized for being a bit too far “out there” in the claims that they make on…