History

At the time when the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was imprisoned by his people after the Allied bombers flattened the “Eternal City” of Rome, Hitler did his part as a trusted ally and friend to come and rescue his fellow dictator from the people… or was it for a reason?

While it was already difficult enough being black at that time, Carl Brashear achieved his dream and more, even after losing one of his legs.

It was in desperate times that some people rise up to help others, regardless of how risky it is. That was what Dr. Vittorio Sacerdoti, Professor Giovanni Borromeo, and Dr. Adriano Ossicini did— convincing the Nazis about a highly-contagious disease called Syndrome K.

There weren’t many reports about the other invasion attempt in Britain by the French forces after the Battle of Hastings.

On May 4, 1945, perhaps the most unexpected alliance of World War II happened: Germans and Americans firing not against but alongside each other.

Originally flown as a commercial airline in revenue service, the Zeppelin was given a different purpose when WWI broke out.

There was no denying that when it came to battles, the Vikings bred some of the toughest and fiercest warriors of all time, and these men were the receipt.

Out of the many camps the Germans built, six of them fall into the definition of death camps: the most famous one was the Auschwitz Camp, then there were also Chelmno, Belzec, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Sobibor, where a not much-known uprising happened in 1943

Bill Millin was wading towards the shore alongside his fellow soldiers, but instead of a gun, he was holding his bagpipe as he began his most dangerous performance with Hielan’ Laddie.

If you think the medieval era stuck to battering rams, catapults, and heated sand being poured down the heads of their enemies, then you have to check out these war machines of their time.

How could a delicate and beautiful woman be part of something as villainous as committing treason? Except, as it turned out, all the allegations were right, and the general’s wife, in fact, played a huge role in Arnold’s treachery.

These are what German soldiers of World War II did to automatically qualify in being an Iron Cross awardee.