They Ignored His āBeam Gap Sniper Angleā ā Until It Hit a German Officer at 480 Yards. nu
They Ignored His āBeam Gap Sniper Angleā ā Until It Hit a German Officer at 480 Yards At 12:47 p.m. on March 14th, 1944, Corporal James Jimmy Keller pressed his eye to the scope of his Springfield M1903 at a…
They laughed at his āEnemyā rifleāuntil he used it to eliminate 33 snipers in just 8 days. nu
They laughed at his āEnemyā rifleāuntil he used it to eliminate 33 snipers in just 8 days. May 20th, 1941. 6:42 a.m. The sky over CIT suddenly turned black. Sergeant Alfred Clive Hume stood at the entrance of the field…
The Cruel Experiment: Sending 100,000 Low-IQ Men to Die in Vietnam. nu
The Cruel Experiment: Sending 100,000 Low-IQ Men to Die in Vietnam February 14th, 1967. The air is cold and smells of coal smoke and floor wax. In a barracks designed for efficiency, 60 men stand by their bunks. One of…
Why This āMedievalā British Weapon Terrified German Guards in Occupied Europe. nu
Why This āMedievalā British Weapon Terrified German Guards in Occupied Europe A secret workshop somewhere in rural England. A British SOE officer unwraps a package that has just arrived from America. Inside is something that looks like it belongs in…
The āStrangeā British Armoured Car That Hunted German Tanks Instead Of Running From Them. nu
The āStrangeā British Armoured Car That Hunted German Tanks Instead Of Running From Them 1942, the Libyan desert. A British reconnaissance patrol spots German armor moving across the sand. In any other armored car, the crewās only option would be…
The $25 Gun That OUTLIVED Every Weapon America Ever Sent to War. nu
The $25 Gun That OUTLIVED Every Weapon America Ever Sent to War September 19th, 1918. A cable arrives at the United States State Department. The message comes from Imperial Germany through the Swiss embassy. It contains a threat so specific,…
The $28 Rifle That Outfought Every Springfield America Ever Issued. nu
The $28 Rifle That Outfought Every Springfield America Ever Issued November 11th, 1917. Somewhere near Verdun, France, an American doughboy clutches a rifle that isnāt supposed to be in his hands. Not the Springfield M1903 he trained with back home….
A German Officer Demanded Respect ā Patton Gave Him Reality. nu
A German Officer Demanded Respect ā Patton Gave Him Reality April 14th, 1945, near Vimar, Germany. Cold spring rain drifted across a muddy Allied prisoner collection point carved into the edge of a shattered German airfield. Burned out hangers leaned…
What Shocked German Command When Patton Closed on Bastogne First. nu
What Shocked German Command When Patton Closed on Bastogne First December 22nd, 1944. 1700 hours. A radio operator crosses the frozen command room at German Army Group B headquarters. He hands Field Marshal Walter Model a decoded intercept. Model reads…
The Yanks Tried For Six Years. The SBS Did It In One Night. How SBS Finished What America Couldnāt.. nu
The Yanks Tried For Six Years. The SBS Did It In One Night. How SBS Finished What America Couldnāt. Thatās how itās done, mate, said one of the SPS operators to the Yanks. This is how the SPS finished what…