5 gutsy replies to enemy demands for surrender
It probably doesn’t feel great to be outnumbered and fought into a corner. That’s probably why American troops tend to avoid those situations.
Today in military history: The US enters WWI
On April 6, 1917, the United States of America finally entered World War I. After years of a formal position of neutrality, the United States declared war against Germany in…
Why the National WWI Museum and Memorial is a ‘Must See’
Mr. Doran Cart is one of the Nation’s leading experts on World War I and is the current senior curator for the National World War I Museum and Memorial. We…
Today in military history: Battle of the Somme
On March 21, 1918, Germany launched its first major offensive in over a year. Known as the Battle of the Somme in World War I, the Germans bombarded the British…
‘The Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast’ was claimed to be sunk 6 times in World War II
The USS Houston was launched in 1929 as a light cruiser, but the treaties signed after World War I required the United States to list it as a heavy cruiser….
How 10 British soldiers escaped a POW camp using spoons
In 1918 in a Prisoner of War camp, 10 British soldiers made it to freedom. Another 19 received a worse fate, caught in the act. It’s known as the First…
The first canned dog food in America was made from excess WWI horses
When World War I ended and the smoke settled, the United States military was left with an overabundance of men, vehicles, ships, supplies and horses. The demobilization of the effort…
The only ship to surrender to the Japanese was fooled with ‘Trojan Turkeys’
The attack at Pearl Harbor was a surprise to the entire U.S. Navy but no one was more surprised than Lt. Cmdr. Columbus D. Smith. He was the commander of…
Today in military history: US steamship Tuscania torpedoed by Germany
On Feb. 5, 1918, the U.S. steamship Tuscania was torpedoed by the Germans and plummeted to the bottom of the Irish Sea. During World War I, merchant ships traveling to…
Why the British stole German underwear technology in World War I
The First World War was a much more fascinating age than it often gets credit for. It was a war where the old world of maneuver warfare met industrial-age killing…