Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

The Horten 229 V3 “Flying Wing” – Amazing Image Collection

The Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names. The plane was called the H.IX, by the Horten Brothers. The identity Ho…

The Most Produced Warbirds of WWII

Manufacturers in World War II were engaged in the greatest industrial effort in history. Aircraft companies went from building a handful of planes at a…

The Titanic Battle of WWI Luxury Liners: Fancy Spas and Explosive Shells

It’s hard to imagine a massive cruise ship ever being converted into a naval vessel for war. Think of the largest cruise ships today, complete…

Battlefield relics dug up: Big collection of German helmets

German helmets that had been buried for nearly 100 years were found in 2011. The haul was found and dug up in France after a young…

Take A Look inside a U-boat, 42 Stunning Images That Show Every Detail

The U-Boat War The Battle of the Atlantic was a vital arena of the Second World War. A protracted campaign that lasted for most of…

Eastern Front Battlefield Relics – The Amount Left Behind is Incredible

Wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command of the Eastern Front?! Well if that is what…

Vintage Planes: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil – The Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter of WWII

Air power first became a significant part of warfare during WWI, but it was in WWII that it came to the forefront. Long range bombing…

Yes the Tu-2 ‘hedgehog’ could fire 79,200 rounds per minute – like carpet bombing but with lead

Nearing the end of WWII, two ground crew men from the Soviet Union looked at a newly-received container of rapid firing submachine guns and devised a…

The Last Shogun Marches To The End Of His Rule – The First Shots of the Boshin War

On the 27th of January, 1868, the army of the Shogunate was marching toward Kyoto. For more than a quarter of a century, the Tokugawa…

Your Country Needs You: The Watery Grave Of Lord Horatio Kitchener – Today the wreck lies upside down at a depth of around 40 fathoms & is designated as a war grave

One of the most iconic images from the great war of 1914-18 is the recruitment poster featuring the commanding moustachioed face of the Lord Horatio…

Caesar Vs. Attila: Who Was the Better General

Caesar and Attila; two men, born centuries apart and from vastly different cultures. For all their differences, the two were alike in that they dealt…

The End of an Era – The Sack of Rome

Rome, the city that had ruled the world, was in chaos. To the north-west, a great pillar of dirty smoke rose skywards from the Gardens…