Tag: World War II

Women did not only play the civilian roles and duties, but they also became female Marines during World War II.

In the days and hours leading up to the D-Day invasion, extremely dangerous missions were given to the British Special Air Service (SAS) commandos, Navy UDT divers, and Jedburgh teams. You may be asking, “What’s a Jedburgh team?” Read on to find out.

Lance Corporal Job Maseko was once a gallant South African hero who died without a penny to his name.

X troop was composed of Jewish refugees from concentration camps before they escaped to the UK, so they had their personal reasons to fight.

When the United States entered World War II, instead of rolls of toilet paper, the crisis was with meat.

Not many of us know that there was supposed to be a third atomic bomb, usually referred to as the”demon core.”

To whom do you think the military turned for help when they needed to come up with tens of thousands of insignias?

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

When the chaos of bombings, death, uncertainties, and nonstop fighting wore the soldiers of Britain down, one thing that cheered them up was the homey taste of their beloved meal.

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.

The scorched earth tactics have been used for the longest time, back from the Scythians, and the latest one being the Russian invasion of Ukraine.