The raids and brutal reprisals of World War Two, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteThe events of 1942 were crucial in the way that World War Two played out. The first Americans […]
Pacific War
The Navajo Code Talkers and their unbreakable code, 1942-1945
This post was originally published on this siteEvery war combatant highly appreciated the need for an unbreakable code that would help them communicate while protecting […]
Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Campaign in rare pictures, 1942-1943
This post was originally published on this siteThe Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific War. Before the Battle of the Coral […]
The attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective, 1941
This post was originally published on this siteBy the time the first Japanese bomber appeared over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, tensions between Japan […]
A young woman writing a thank you note to her boyfriend in the Navy for the skull of a Japanese soldier that he sent, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteA rare and disturbing picture, so much about this it’s still a mystery. We don’t know what became […]
A stranded Dutch warship evaded the enemy by disguising itself as an island, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteIn February 1942, in the midst of World War II, the Japanese fleet completely wrecked a combined Dutch-American-Australian-British […]
US Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, Okinawa, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThis picture depicts one of the most heart wrenching moments to occur on Okinawa involved a family with […]