Top battles of the American Revolution
[Via] The top battles of the American Revolution were characteristic of the prolonged and drawn out battle over America from 1765 to 1783. Rebels in…
Sacrifices made by all including Great Britain’s Royal Family
Elizabeth in Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945 via Wikipedia World War II was a time in which everyone made sacrifices including Britain’s royal family. These…
Pegasus Bridge Museum – A Visit in Pictures
Last week I was in Normandy and finally had the chance to visit Pegasus Bridge and the museum. I’ve always camped far away in the…
‘Restoring a memory’ Civil War soldier receives memorial headstone 141 years after death
By Jeremy P. Ämick As noted in the book “Germans in the Civil War” by Walter Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich, German Americans made up one…
Images emerge of Japan’s famous submarines that never saw action during World War II
[Via] With World War II in the Pacific was in its final months, a desperate plan to launch bacteriological weapons on the US West coast…
RACE TO THE RHINE – Review by Mark Barnes
We last saw these authors with their extremely likable guide to D-Day and the beginnings of the Normandy campaign. I obviously wasn’t paying sufficient attention…
Bomber Camp 2015 – The Pictures
Remember the amazing Bomber Camp weekend by the Stockton Field Aviation Museum? Being trained on every position as B-17 Flying Fortress crewmen, dropping bombs from a…
5 paintings missing since WWII returned to Germany thanks to the ‘Monument Men Foundation’
The damage and destruction during the Second World War was wide spread and spilt into many pillars of society. Art and cultural symbols were targeted…
Korean War air battle
[Via] The Korean War took place as World War Two ended and the Cold War began. The Korean War was dominated by air battles between…
Cold War Vulcan bomber to be grounded
[Via] The last airborne Vulcan bomber which was built and used during the Cold War is to be grounded this year. Built 55 years ago,…
THE BATTLE OF KURSK 1943 – Review by Mark Barnes
Put your feet up and chillax chums because a serious candidate for ‘book of the year’ is in and we aren’t yet half way through…
Children of the War – A look into the lives of children fathered by Allied soldiers during the WWII
It is estimated that in Germany alone there were more than 250,000 children fathered by soldiers from Britain, United States, Russia and France. In Austria…