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Russia plans to lead the way in the next generation of space-based defence

Space station from Moonraker As the world moves towards a new era of space-based defence, Russia wants to be the first country to develop and…

Exhibition Showcases Propaganda Battle Between Australian and Japan in WWII

The Pacific War is often mistakenly seen as a conflict between America and the Japanese. In fact Australia played a very important role in the…

The Great War Illustrated (1915) – Review by Mark Barnes

Here we have the second volume in a series that it is safe to assume has three more to go. There really is a limited…

This Documentary About The Human Cost Of WWII Will Leave You Speechless

This thought provoking visualization will show you what the human cost was during World War Two. It sums not just the military deaths but also…

Fail! The Rolling Rocket Bomb Designed To Smash The Atlantic Wall, Only Ever Managed To Kill A Dog

War is often associated with cutting-edge technologies, which have altered history by changing the outcome of many conflicts. The invention of the bayonet, aerial combat, and…

How The Soviets Caught Dozens of German Agents In A WWII Spy Game – Even Staging a Mock Battle To Keep Up Charade

During the height of WWII, a major funkspeil was about to begin. This counter-espionage plan, introduced by Joseph Stalin, was an operation set forth by…

In WWI, Tommies Spent Half Their Time On The Frontline And Came Under Fire Once Every Five Days

Operation War Diary is a project, started three years ago, by the National Archives in Britain. The aim of the project is to digitise the…

Haile Sand Fort That Survived Attacks In Both World Wars For Sale!

In 1914 the Admiralty wanted to use the Humber Estuary as a safe place to assemble coastal convoys, but to do so, it needed to…

Purple Heart Winner Buried At Arlington Was Pro-Nazi and a Holocaust Denier

Willis Carto, an 89-year-old wounded U.S. veteran of World War II passed away in October 2015. While fighting as a soldier in the Philippines, Carto…

John Keith Wells – Iwo Jima Veteran Still Remembers the Horrors

  94 year old John Keith Wells, a decorated veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima, has recently been laid to rest. Born on February…

Gunship Wanted: Fairchild AC-119K Stinger For An Aviation Museum Display

Feature Photo depicts an AC-119K Stinger while firing its array of guns in an attack on North Vietnamese trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail (early…

The Heinkel HE 111 “wolf in sheep’s clothing” Bomber In 17 Incredible Pictures

The German Heinkel HE 111 was designed in the early 1930s at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke. Because it was disguised as a cargo plane it has been…