People might be onto something when they say things like, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to.” Today, modern Arleigh-Burke-class destroyers have an expected service life of around 35…
The most important difference between 1944 and today would be in the realm of guided munitions. I once heard that a single F-15 packs as much firepower as an entire squadron of WWII era bombers, when you take into account explosive weight and the …
Lego lovers are known for their massive, over-the-top recreations of everything from The Wall from Game of Thrones to the battles and spaceships of Star Wars, but three big “brickheads,” Dan Siskind, Yitsy Kasowitz, and Cody Osse…
Most of those who escaped the infamous extermination camp at Auschwitz did so while they were out on a work detail.
But escaping from inside the camp’s barbed…
The 14,000 Canadians and 200 tanks that landed at Juno Beach on June 6, 1944 fought bitterly to breach Fortress Europe and begin the long march to Berlin. Almost a year later Canada and the rest of the Allied powers celebrated the fall of Nazi Germ…
If you are a regular reader of Coffee or Die Magazine (you are here, after all), then you have likely read countless stories from military history about the misfits who…
There are a lot of benefits one can get from drinking coffee. Studies show the right amount of coffee can lower your risk of Parkinson’s disease and Type 2 diabetes. It also has a
They were made of wood, carried no heavy guns, and would sink at the drop of a hat. But they were fast, hard to hit, and could kill nearly anything afloat. Pound for pound, the deadliest boats of World War II weren’t the carriers or the legendary b… A 99-year-old World War II veteran was the guest of honor at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York this past June. Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher was on hand to finally receive… “The only way they could capture the beach was to blast the Germans out of each pillbox… and that’s what they did,” wrote Jay Kay, a U.S. Navy ensign who piloted a landing craft filled with American troops during the D-Day invasions of June 6, …Pound for pound, these were the deadliest boats of World War II
A D-Day veteran finally received his Purple Heart after 77 years
Watch award-winning actor Bryan Cranston narrate the D-Day landings