Ike and Monty
Eisenhower came to believe that Bernard Montgomery is a good man to serve under, a difficult man to serve with and an impossible man to …
US Supplied The French After Normandy
The French relied on America for logistical support after the Normandy invasion. From pork free rations for Muslim soldiers to French-English dictionaries. Americans were bringing …
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The Shoe Mine.
The Schü-mine 42 (Shoe-mine), or Schützenmine 42, was a German manufactured anti-personnel mine used during World War II. It was a wooden box with a …
“Open The Podbay Doors HAL….AI Shoots Down USAF Pilot In Trials”
WASHINGTON: In a 5 to 0 sweep, an AI ‘pilot’ developed by Heron Systems beat one of the Air Force’s top F-16 fighter pilots in …
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England in 1945, Was Barely Holding On.
The Squander Bug. A Character Created by British Authorities to Remind Brits to Save Everything. Like Smokey the Bear, Except For Recycling. 1945 England …
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Horrifying Commentary on What Has Happened to America
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-end-of-american-era-wade-davis-1038206/ “When the Japanese within six weeks of Pearl Harbor took control of 90 percent of the world’s rubber supply, the U.S. dropped …
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Statistics From the Italian Campaign
The Allied casualties in the Italian campaign was 312,000 after 6088 days of fighting. Of those casualties, 23,501 were killed. German loses were put …
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US WWII War Production From Rick Atkinson’s The Day of Battle
“By now the American war machine had become the “prodigy of organization so admired by Churchill and so dreaded by German commanders. U.S. Production …
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Roswell Deathbed Confessions. First Account.
In 1947 the US Air Force revealed that a flying saucer had crashed near Roswell Air Force Base in New Mexico. This is the …
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Rubber Bullets, As It Turns Out, Are Not Much Better Than Bullets
From Wikipedia: Such “kinetic impact munitions” are meant to cause pain but not serious injury. They are expected to produce contusions, abrasions, and hematomas. However, they …
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