A Most Terrifying Sight: The Royal Scots Greys and the Battle of Waterloo
Ponsonby was subsequently killed and his sword was taken, which was then used to kill three soldiers from his rescue party. The Royal Scots Greys…
The Times They Are A Changin’ Drugs, Music, & The Vietnam War
The year that peace and love were being celebrated at the first Woodstock festival, 11,000 soldiers were killed in the Vietnam War. The widespread use…
Remains of Heroic Spitfire Pilot who Crashed in Italian Village Finally Laid to Rest
The Romagna Air Finders is an organization which searches for aircraft that crashed during the Second World War. Any death in action is a tragedy.…
The Blockhaus – The Gigantic WWII German Bunker you can Still Visit Today
It is estimated that it would have required 200,000 tons of concrete as well as the 20,000 tons of steel to complete the bunker. The…
Today, The leaflet Makes a Pretty Alarming Read: How to Survive a Nuclear Attack
The first chapter opens with the words: “Everything within a certain distance of a nuclear explosion will be totally destroyed.” In 2017, the British Imperial…
Just Amazing The USS Wasp Wreck Discovered 2.5 Miles Down on the Pacific Seafloor
The wreck lay 2.5 miles down in an area known as an abyssal plane. There is no light and little animal life as well as…
Danger UXB: World War II Bombs Unearthed.
Since 2000, at least 11 bomb disposal technicians have died in the course of their duties in Germany. More than 70 years after the end…
Unknown Soldiers: Quest To Identify The Remains Of WW1 Tommies
In the meantime, his gravestone still waits for a name. Even today, more than a century after the end of the First World War, there…
The Boer War-Canada’s First Foreign Military Engagement
The majority of French Canadians sympathized with the Boers. Canada’s involvement in the Boer War – also known as the South African war – was…