Historical

Operations Varsity and Plunder: The WW2 Crossing of the Rhine

Operations Varsity The twin operations of Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity saw the Allies cross the Rhine River and establish[…]

F-4 Phantom II On May 10, 1972, Lieutenant Randy Cunningham and Lieutenant William Driscoll aimed to become the first American[…]

Military History The initial conflict to expel the Iraqi troops from Kuwait began with an aerial and naval bombardment on[…]

Interview with Lyudmila Pavlichenko Today I translated an interview with Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She describes how she became a sniper, some[…]

Mysterious Metal Badge on a chain of German soldiers Surely in the films about the Second World War, you often[…]

Memoirs of Friedrich Paulus’ adjutant, Adam Wilhelm Today I will share with you the memoirs of Friedrich Paulus’ adjutant, Adam[…]

MACV-SOG The most top-secret unit of the United States Army in the Vietnam War was established in January of 1964[…]

USS Thresher (SSN-593) was tragically Lost The first of its class and leading the way to sweeping US Navy Submarine[…]

First American Jet Engine A 1952 documentary about the first American jet engine, which was (Sir) Frank Whittle’s invention. In[…]

Things you might now know about the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Includes a rare interview with legendary British test pilot Eric[…]