1,100 artists and actors fought their own war —using rubber tanks and giant speakers to trick Hitler. VD
1,100 artists and actors fought their own war —using rubber tanks and giant speakers to trick Hitler War is often defined by the weight of steel and the roar of engines. But in 1944, a secret unit of the U.S….
1900 German Civilians Hid in Caves, American Soldiers Found and Saved Them All. VD
1900 German Civilians Hid in Caves, American Soldiers Found and Saved Them All Page 1 — The Tremble Beneath the Hills March 3rd, 1945. The limestone caverns beneath Merkers, Germany trembled with the distant rumble of artillery, like the earth itself was trying…
What Patton Did After a German Commander Said “You’ll Have to Kill Me”? NU
What Patton Did After a German Commander Said “You’ll Have to Kill Me”? The fortress sat like a clenched fist on the hillside above the crossroads. Its thick stone walls built by French military engineers in the previous century when…
“Look At These Filthy Pigs” — Why Green Berets Mocked Australian SAS. NU
“Look At These Filthy Pigs” — Why Green Berets Mocked Australian SAS They looked like a gang of hobos armed with scrap metal. When these Australian soldiers landed in Vietnam, the elite Green Berets didn’t just laugh at them. They…
Japanese Infantry Charged US “Anti-Air” Trucks—4 .50 Cals Erased the Banzai Wave. NU
Japanese Infantry Charged US “Anti-Air” Trucks—4 .50 Cals Erased the Banzai Wave Four M2 Browning machine guns mounted on a single rotating platform can fire 2300 rounds per minute. When Japanese infantry charged American positions on the Villa Verde Trail…
The Mistake Every New Soldier Made in Vietnam. NU
The Mistake Every New Soldier Made in Vietnam March 18th, 1969. 14 hours. A dense triple canopy jungle trail 4 km east of the Cambodian border. The air is stagnant, thick with humidity that sits at 90%. The temperature is…
The ISOLATED Danger of LRRP Teams in the Vietnam War. NU
The ISOLATED Danger of LRRP Teams in the Vietnam War October 21st, 1968. The AA Valley, Thuathien Province. The sound of the war is not the explosion. The sound of the war is the wind. It is the specific tearing…
Germans Captured Him — He Laughed, Then Took Down 21 of Them in 45 Seconds. VD
Germans Captured Him — He Laughed, Then Took Down 21 of Them in 45 Seconds Chapter 1: The Making of a Soldier In the smoky haze of Braddock Township, Pennsylvania, where steel mills belched fire along the Monongahela River, Leonard…
“THIS CAN’T BE AMERICA!” — German POWs Couldn’t Believe Their First Sight of America. VD
“THIS CAN’T BE AMERICA!” — German POWs Couldn’t Believe Their First Sight of America The Liberty’s Whisper December 1943. The Atlantic roared like a wounded beast, its winter waves crashing against the hull of the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown….
“Please Don’t Hurt Me” – German Woman POW Shocked When American Soldier Tears Her Dress Open. VD
“Please Don’t Hurt Me” – German Woman POW Shocked When American Soldier Tears Her Dress Open The Greatest Weapon: A Tale of Mercy August 14th, 1944. Camp Hearn, Texas. The air was thick with Texas heat that afternoon. The earth…