Category: History

When the North and South were clashing against one another, fighting for what they believed in, spies played a huge part in most parts of the American Civil War.

Things were much different over 100 years ago, when finding sufficient and edible food was part of the challenge the soldiers had to face.

There were also women who did equally brutal things in the Nazi concentration camps but were often overlooked for some reason. Here are some of them that you probably have never heard of before.

There was a debate on whether the tornado spared Washington from the British or if it actually helped them ruin the city.

One of the biggest factors not known to many was the vast and wide-ranging list of rules that the soldiers had to follow, all while trying to fight for their lives, known as the rules of engagement.

What most of us don’t know was that Godzilla was created by a Japanese POW who himself faced his own monsters at that time.

Would you take Sears products as a form of payment for your spying works like these agents did during Vietnam War?

Even when produced long ago, there are still some infantry weapons still being used by the militaries of today all over the world, proof that quality is indeed an investment in the future.

Maj. Peter J. Ortiz and three others went on a mission and made the Germans believe they were fighting a battalion of Marines.

The anti-magnetic mine coating that the Germans added to their tanks turned out to be unnecessary.

It was not unusual for officers to get recommendations for awards like the British’s Victoria Cross… unless it was from the enemy.

Perhaps it was Hitler’s fascination and hunger for technological advancement, or maybe it was his desire to reign over the world and mass murder people. Whichever it was, it led to the creation of one of their most daring, ambitious, and uncalled-for weapon ideas: The sun gun.