10 Things You Didn’t Know About Winston Churchill
WW2 British PM Winston Churchill is, arguably, one of the most respected leaders of the 20th century [which is a feat considering all the political…
THE FLAMETHROWER – Review by Phil Hodges
There aren’t many weapons that put fear and horror into every man more than the flamethrower. Flamethrower, flammenwerfer, lanciafiamme, whatever it’s called, it conjures up…
Pan Am’s B-314 Clippers transferred to WW II US NAVY service – By Hans Wiesman
The Boeing B-314 in military colors with huge Stars and Stripes on the front fuselage, resting for maintenance on the ramp of La Guardia Marine…
The Best Military Memes Part 3
Part 3 of the the best Military Memes we could find on the internet! Safety First Spider hunt! Submarine fun Join the Army, they said…
Stalin academic, Robert Conquest, dies aged 98
British academic and historian, Robert Conquest, who uncovered the horrors in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union in the run up to and during World War…
BROKEN DREAMS – Review by Mark Barnes
Our friends at Narwal are known for their unique style and spirit which I have told you before is quite infectious. This latest book from…
World War Two Melbourne tank factory due for demolition
An old industrial suburb of Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne, is about to be converted into a modern estate of apartment blocks. However, it has…
The Russian AK-47 versus the American M16
The AK-47 and the M16 were two important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as the Kalashnikov after…
Nazi massacre descendants meet for first time
[Via] Andreas Schendel is a descendent of two Nazi Waffen SS officers. Both were his uncles and so once World War Two had ended, their…
Japan’s revisionists have different view of World War Two
Japan’s revisionists are a driving force behind a different version of what happened during World War Two. Slave labour, torture and sex slaves for…
US Civil War enthusiasts reigned in from retrieving relics
America’s Civil War is regularly brought back to life by the country’s vast number of US Civil War enthusiasts and re-enactors. Another way to bring…
Tsutomu Yamaguchi – the world’s only survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs
[Via] Japan’s Tsutomu Yamaguchi lived a long, healthy life until he died in 2010 at the ripe old age of 93. What could have killed…