Single Combat At The Siege of Bayonne, 1131AD
Pedro de Lara was bored. His had lived a full life, a life of personal pride and skill at arms, of politics, wine and of…
In Commemoration of Armistice Day Here are Some Profound Colorized Images of WW1
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colorization. The beauty of these colorized images is that color allows you…
In Commemoration of Armistice Day Here are Some Colorized Images of WW1 – Brings Them Alive
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colorization. The beauty of these colorized images is that color allows you…
A Turning Point In The Life Of Musashi, The Undefeated Samurai
Miyamoto Musashi was three hours late. This was his way. On the beach the tension in the air was palpable. Sasaki Kojiro paced up and…
Queen Elizabeth II, The War Years
On Thursday, April 21st, Britain celebrates the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. The Queen is both the oldest and the longest…
Outnumbered Ten To One – Rallying To The Flag Until The End
It was July 27, 1880. In the incredible heat of the high Afghan summer, an army of two and a half thousand men marched toward…
Admiral Nelson’s Decisive Victory Over The French at Alexandria
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, the rising star of the British Royal Navy, had been pursuing the fleet of the French Republic around the Mediterranean for two…
A Bloody New Year – Battle of Stones River In The American Civil War
It was cold at the turning of the year in Murfreesboro, right in the middle of the state of Tennessee. The little town nestles under…
The Brilliant Sappers and Siege engines – Ivan the Terrible Conquers The city of Kazan
The army had been in place under the city walls for weeks. Ivan the Fourth, Tsar of all the Russians, accompanied his force in the…
Controversial: These Household Names Worked With The Third Reich During WWII
Kodak The famous camera company’s German branch actually used slave labor from German concentration camps. Several European branches of Kodak did extensive business with the…
Got a spare $2.5 million – good as this Spitfire is for sale
All of the greatest man-made inventions have stood the test of time. They remain living testaments to the evolutionary process and creative innovation of some…
Ticking Time Bomb: The Mines At Messines, Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives, 20 Detonated, 5 Remain, Waiting
In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…