Trying To Topple Saddam – Remembering The Kurdish and Shia Uprisings in Iraq (1991)
Wars should never be seen as anything other than terrible. They have taken place since time immemorial and always for gain of some sort –…
The Belfast Blitz That Destroyed 55,000 Homes In World War Two
New research carried out has shown the extent of the ill-preparedness of Belfast in Northern Ireland, during the Second World War. The city was left…
The “Glorious Glosters” Greatest Battle – When 650 Glosters Were Up Against 10,000 Chinese Soldiers
Unique in all the British Army, the “Glorious Glosters” wear badges on the front and the rear of their berets. This right was earned in…
Giving Honor Where Honor Is Due In Athens, Alabama
A number of contributors and volunteers in Athens, Alabama intend to correct the omission of a soldier’s name killed in the Vietnam War in addition…
Appeal Brings A Respectful Crowd Out To Honor A British D-Day Hero
Many of those who attended the funeral of Second World War veteran Douglas Oswald Shallcross, 92, didn’t know him or his name perhaps only days…
Russian T-55 Battle Tank In India – “It Works Very Well”
The Indian cantonment of Aurangabad was given a Russian T-55 tank recently by the nation’s army in recognition for providing the greatest number of soldiers…
WWI ‘Canary Babies’ Were Born With A Yellow Tint To Their Skin Because Their Mothers Worked In Munitions Factories
The last surviving ‘Canary Babies’ have told their story of how their skin was tinged yellow after their mothers worked in explosives factories in the…
This Cold War Mission Honed The Fine Reputation of The Tennessee “Fly Boys”
The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force. The majority of the National Guard airmen and soldiers hold full-time civilian jobs while…
Geologist May Have Found Exact Route Hannibal Used To Cross The Alps-Following a Trail of Dung
In 218 BC, Hannibal marched an army consisting of soldiers, mules, horses and elephants from Spain, over the Alps, and into Italy to attack the…
Why the Rosenbergs Were Executed
On April 5th, 1951, Judge Irving Kaufman sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death. He called them traitors who put “into the hands of the…
Florida: Mysterious Underwater Wreck Of WWII Plane Lies On The Ocean Floor
Randy Jordan took his boat, Emerald Diver, out in the middle of December 2010. The weather was good, and the visibility was good underwater, so…
Tragedy in Norfolk, UK, As Vintage WW2 Fighter Plane Crash Takes One Life And Injures Another
One man is deceased, and another remains in critical condition following the crash of vintage of a Second World War Mustang fighter plane. The fatal…