Warfare History
16 of History’s Most Devastating and Dramatic Surprise Attacks
In warfare, few things can increase a combatant's chances of success more than a well executed surprise attack that catches…
Germany’s Most Versatile Dog of War, Hermann Ramcke
"You can't teach an old dog new tricks" is a nugget of conventional wisdom that nobody seems to have passed…
Thousands of Women Volunteered and Served in the Vietnam War
While the iconic images of US soldiers in the Vietnam War all evoke young men posing in alien-looking jungles or…
War Is Coming: These TV Shows And Films Were Inspired By Real Wars
When we think of war films and TV shows, we think of documentaries, true stories, and ones that focus primarily…
The Teenage Spy Who Saved FDR, Churchill, and Stalin
The Tehran Conference, November 28th to December 1st, 1943 was the first meeting of World War II's "Big Three" Allied…
Juana Galan: A Spanish Heroine of the Peninsula War
In 1807, the peninsula war began when the French armies of Napoleon and their Spanish allies invaded the Kingdom of…
V-1s: The Flying Bombs That Terrorized Britain
The Third Reich's scientists had an alarming tendency to think outside the box and come up with lethal technological innovations.…
16 Terrible People Who Knew How to Lay on the Charm or Inspire Others
In the movies and on TV, bad guys are usually depicted as clear cut baddies, personally repellent and often cartoonishly…
18 Maritime Disasters other Than the Titanic
The disaster which befell RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage was well known before it received yet more attention in…
A True Story of WWII Enemies Who Came Together to Survive Turned Into a Movie
Into the White is a 2012 adventure drama set during World War II's Norwegian Campaign. It depicts the travails of…