Herbert Sobel was born on January 26, 1912, in Chicago Illinois to a Jewish family. He got his start in the military early on as a student at the Culver Military Academy in Indiana, after which he ...

Each year, a handful of new films take to the big screen to showcase the greatest warriors and innovations spawned in wartime. From Top Gun (1986) to Netflix’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western ...

Project Stargate sounds like something out of this world – and it kind of is. No, it doesn’t refer to wormholes or the exploration of other planets, but, instead, a Central Intelligence Agency ...

In 1950, just five years after the conclusion of the Second World War, a request was issued to Soviet aircraft manufacturers for a new bomber. Along with the ability to carry upwards of 24,000 pounds ...

As World War I dragged on, an unexpected group became known for being ruthless. Canadians, stereotyped as friendly, kind and agreeable, certainly displayed none of these characteristics when it came ...

The logic was simple: wheels that high could theoretically roll over the deep trenches and cratered landscapes of no-man’s-land. On paper, the Tsar Tank was an unstoppable juggernaut. In reality, it ...

What could have happened to the 9 th Legion? How could it simply disappear? The fate of the 9 th has been the subject of debate for scholars for almost three hundred years. In the period between 108 ...

After completing several combat deployments as a surface warfare officer, Morrison attended flight school. After graduating from the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida in 1944, he flew combat ...

The cooperation between the communist and Nazi parties in Germany to undermine social democracy must be one of the strangest and most extreme partnerships in politics. In the 1920s the Stalinist ...

Since the birth of the USA on July 4, 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, the country has been at war for 93% of its existence. It all started with the American War of Independence from 1775 to ...

Though less powerful and protective than other vehicles used during WW2, motorcycles were widely fielded throughout the conflict. They proved to be useful among messengers and reconnaissance troops, ...

You’ve heard of the elite Navy SEALs and Green Berets who conducted guerrilla and counter-guerrilla operations, trained local troops and quashed enemy uprising in Vietnam. However, you’ve likely never ...