Category: People
No, Hitler Did Not Survive WW2! – Debunking Four Outlandish Conspiracy Theories About the Fate of the Führer
“The idea that the Allies allowed Hitler to escape damages vital trust in our democracies, our intelligence services, our historians and our scientists.” By Luke Daly-Groves CONSPIRACY THEORIES about Adolf Hitler’s death are frustratingly enduring…
The Higgins Boat – 9 Things You Might Not Know About the Landing Craft That Changed History
“They served everywhere — from the wind-swept coastlines of Northern France to the far-flung tropical shores of the Pacific — ultimately changing the very nature of amphibious warfare.” ONE WOULD BE hard-pressed to come up…
“Don’t Give Up the Ship” — Inside Oliver Hazard Perry’s Triumph at the Battle of Lake Erie
“The victory at Lake Erie was a remarkable achievement for the Americans. They built six wooden warships in eight months in a scarcely populated wilderness where, except for wood, nothing they needed was available.” By…
Dinner With Himmler – An American Paratrooper’s Bizarre Encounter With One of the Third Reich’s Top Officials
“Metcalfe turned and immediately recognized one of the officers was indeed Hitler’s own SS chief, Heinrich Himmler in the flesh.” By Marcus A. Nannini EUGENE METCALFE OF the 82nd Airborne’s 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment was…
A Different Drummer – Former Slave’s Wartime Snare Drum Up for Auction
“The drum offered at auction on May 4 is the one he played from his time in the Seminole Wars to the end of his life in 1890.” By Eric Bradley ON JAN. 8, 1815,…
George Gordon Meade — 11 Surprising Facts About the Victor of Gettysburg
“Despite winning the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, few Americans even know his name.” By Robert Kofman MAJOR GENERAL George Gordon Meade is best known for leading the Army of the Potomac…
