How close was George C. Scott to portraying the real General Patton?
When George C. Scott delivered his tour de force as American General George S. Patton in the 1970 move Patton, the media had one main question for veterans that watched…
When George C. Scott delivered his tour de force as American General George S. Patton in the 1970 move Patton, the media had one main question for veterans that watched…
The German Navy during WWII is best known for its use of U-boats and capital ships like the infamous Bismarck. Despite the aircraft carrier demonstrating its utility in naval warfare,…
Saving Jewish people in Nazi Germany or Nazi-occupied territory was a dangerous game during World War II. Persons of Jewish descent were systematically persecuted in Germany beginning in 1933, but…
“Superman” famously debuted in Action Comics #1 in June 1938 and immediately made a splash, both here in America but also over in Nazi-dominated Germany. He was the realization of…
On Aug. 1, 1944, less than two months after D-Day, Marine Maj. Peter J. Ortiz, five other Marines, and an Army Air Corps officer parachuted into France to assist a few hundred French resistance fighters known as the Maquis in their fight against the…
On Nov. 9, 1938, Nazi SS stormtroopers launch a campaign of violence and destruction against the Jewish people of Germany and Austria. In an event that would precipitate the Holocaust,…
One of the most important battlefields of WWII was under the sea and brine of the Atlantic. Without a decisive victory, the Americans could not resupply the British with gear….
As 1944 was becoming 1945, World War II in Europe was not going well for the Nazis. The German Army was being pushed back on all fronts and Allied troops…
During World War II, the Germans – especially their piece of trash leader – wanted a “suicide squad” that would be willing to do what no other military unit would….
No matter how many times history proves it, invading enemies still trust Russian peasants to help them and it always blows up in their faces. The Mongols seem to be…