Category: Odd Facts
Tank Busting – Blowing Up the Myth of the Mighty M4 Sherman
“The Battle of the Bulge exposed deficiencies in the M4 so glaringly obvious, what became known as the Sherman Tank Scandal would be splashed across front pages all over the Allied world.” By Christian M….
Lafayette – Nine Key Facts About the French Aristocrat Who Became an American Revolutionary
“Despite Lafayette’s epic contributions to American history, few in the United States seem to even remember him.” By Donald Miller HE MADE CIVIL disobedience cool long before Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. or Nelson Mandela. Gilbert…
Pub Crawling — 10 Famous Watering Holes from Military History
“Various pubs, taverns and watering holes have featured prominently in the pages of military history.” “So, Napoleon walks into a bar…” While it sounds like the beginning to a bad joke, it’s actually part of…
A Violent Defection – How a Battalion of Ukrainian SS Troops Mutinied and Joined the French Resistance
“A mutiny of the battalion had been arranged through negotiations between four Ukrainian officers and… a taciturn resistance operative.” By Matt Rohde ON THE LAST Sunday of August 1944, the Second World War delivered to…
Missed Opportunities – Four Battles That Might Have Ended the U.S. Civil War Long Before 1865
“Debates about how the bloody four-year conflict might have ended have raged for years.” By Jim Stempel WHAT IF THE South had marched on Washington D.C. in 1861 after the First Battle of Bull Run?…
Lucky Bastard! – Seven Times Adolf Hitler Cheated Death
“Hitler had the Devil’s own luck, but his luck ran out in the end – it’s just a pity it took so long.” By David Lawlor NAPOLEON ONCE SAID that he liked his generals to…
