Walt Disney Forged His Birth Certificate to Serve in WWI

Growing up, Walt Disney had a passion for drawing. He pursued this as he matured, turning sketching into not just a career, but…

France’s Zone Rouge Remains Uninhabitable Over 100 Years After the End of the Great War

Zone Rouge – or the “Red Zone” – is a chain of former battlefields across northeastern France that the government has cordoned off…

What Are the Origins of the Iconic ‘Uncle Sam, I Want YOU’ Recruitment Poster?

The iconic phrase, “Uncle Sam, I Want You,” has become a part of American culture, symbolizing a call to duty and patriotism. This…

‘Female Schindler’ Diana Budisavljević Saved 7,700 Children During World War II

Throughout the Second World War, several individuals risked their lives to save those being persecuted by the German regime. The most notable names…

Mauthausen Was One of the Most Notorious Concentration Camps Operated By the German Regime

Nestled in the picturesque landscape of Austria, the remnants of Mauthausen concentration camp are a somber testament to one of the darkest chapters…

Shiro Ishii and the Dark Legacy of Japan’s Unit 731

Japanese physician Shiro Ishii presided over a series of abhorrent medical experiments that stand as some of the most egregious atrocities in modern…

What makes the North Sea’s waves so treacherous?

“It’s rather like having your own motorway for ravaging and pillaging,” says Michael Pye, author of The Edge of the World: How the…

Battle of Palmdale: When a Runaway Unmanned Drone Wreaked Havoc In the Skies Over Southern California

There have been many embarrassing moments in the history of the US Air Force, but none more so than when two Northrop F-89D…

Why Are These Boys Laughing? – History Nebraska

NSHS RG716-31-1 (above) Frederick Blaine Humphrey, who photographed these laughing boys about 1915, was born in New York State in 1876, came to…

Yokosuka YE2H (W-18) and YE3B (X-24) Aircraft Engines

After World War I, the Japanese Navy established the Aircraft Department of the Hiro Branch Arsenal, which was part of the Kure Naval…

Tips Aero Motor Rotary Aircraft Engines

From a very early age, Maurice A. Tips and his younger brother Ernest Oscar were interested in aviation. By 1909, the Belgian siblings…

Thomas / Leyland X-8 Aircraft Engine

John Godfrey Parry Thomas was a British engineer and was widely known as Parry Thomas. During World War I, Thomas was a member…