Des prisonnières de guerre allemandes ont fait cela à l’aube : la véritable signification de cet acte a hanté les soldats américains. NF
Des prisonnières de guerre allemandes ont fait cela à l’aube : la véritable signification de cet acte a hanté les soldats américains. Chaque matin, à 5 heures précises , le camp Shanks retombait dans un silence qui semblait anormal. La vallée de l’Hudson…
L’esercito americano non aveva un camion di soccorso, quindi i meccanici hanno costruito questo. NI
L’esercito americano non aveva un camion di soccorso, quindi i meccanici hanno costruito questo. Ciò che uccide più velocemente un equipaggio di carri armati non è un proiettile da 88 millimetri sparato da un Tiger nascosto tra gli alberi. Non…
Nazywali go żartem — DOPÓKI nie zabił więcej żołnierzy niż cały pluton. NP
Nazywali go żartem — DOPÓKI nie zabił więcej żołnierzy niż cały pluton O godzinie 4:23 rano 18 czerwca 1943 roku kapral James Flint Hargrove leżał na brzuchu w zawalonym fundamencie kamiennej stodoły na Półwyspie Cotenton, obserwując 47 niemieckich żołnierzy z…
Encerclé par les Japonais, il murmura « Feu ! » et massacra silencieusement 24 navires. NF
Encerclé par les Japonais, il murmura « Feu ! » et massacra silencieusement 24 navires. 11 mars 1945. Détroit de Blacket, îles Salomon. 2 h 47. Le lieutenant de vaisseau Malcolm David se trouve dans le kiosque d’un sous-marin, entouré…
They Called This B-17 “Cursed” — Until One Crew Destroyed 17 Japanese Zeros Alone. NU
They Called This B-17 “Cursed” — Until One Crew Destroyed 17 Japanese Zeros Alone At 8:03 a.m. on June 16th, 1943, Captain Jay Zeamer held his B17 steady at 25,000 ft over Bua Island as 16 Japanese Zero fighters climbed…
How One Farm Kid’s “Hay Bale Ambush” Captured 34 German Soldiers. NU
How One Farm Kid’s “Hay Bale Ambush” Captured 34 German Soldiers At 1:47 p.m. on September 18th, 1944, crouched inside a hollowed hay bale near Einhovven, Netherlands, watching 34 German soldiers marched directly toward his position. He had no radio,…
Engineers Called a 1,000-Pound Cannon “Pilot Suicide” — Until It Stopped a 2,000-Ton Warship. NU
Engineers Called a 1,000-Pound Cannon “Pilot Suicide” — Until It Stopped a 2,000-Ton Warship At 9:17 a.m. on a humid morning in early 1942, a twin engine bomber hurtled just 50 feet above the Pacific. Salt spray slapped its aluminum…
Iraq Sent Tanks — US Marines Stopped Them Without Using Tanks. NU
Iraq Sent Tanks — US Marines Stopped Them Without Using Tanks It’s January 29th, 1991, just after dusk. There is no moon, none at all. The border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia is nothing but a black ribbon of sand…
From Terror to Treatment: Japanese Women POWs Shook as U.S. Medics Cleaned Their Wounds.NU.
From Terror to Treatment: Japanese Women POWs Shook as U.S. Medics Cleaned Their Wounds June 1945, Okinawa—where the air itself felt bruised by weeks of shelling. The road into the U.S. field hospital ran through a landscape that looked flayed…
“From Chains to Compassion: German Women POWs Stunned by Texas Cowboys’ Unexpected Mercy”. NU.
“From Chains to Compassion: German Women POWs Stunned by Texas Cowboys’ Unexpected Mercy” July 1945. The Texas sun was a living thing, pressing down on the canvas roof of the transport truck like a giant hand. Inside, the air stank…