Five Facts: A Feature Of Battlefields For Hundreds Of Years To The Present Day – Mortars (Watch)
For hundreds of years, some form or another of mortar weapons have been used in warfare, but it was many, many years before Sir Wilfred…
The Picture Has Become Iconic, But The Battle In this Fallujah House Was Legendary
Every war has its iconic pictures that will forever resonate in the minds of the public and most certainly of the men who fought it. …
Shock & Awe – Devastating Power of ‘Smart’ US Bomb Which Can Take Out 40 Tanks At One Time
The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a US Air Force 1,000-pound Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU). The CBU-97 in conjunction with the unguided gravity bombing techniques…
A Look At The Royal Navy Through Three Sea Songs
Sailors have always been happy singing, whether to make the day go faster or keep the work going steady. The Royal Navy banned the use…
The Pressing of American Seamen And The War of 1812
Imagine yourself as an American sailor; the year is 1804. You are 30 years old, born in 1774, and have spent most of your adult…
4 Devastating Surprise Attacks In Military History
In War, surprise attacks, traps and ambushes can help to even the odds in an otherwise uneven fight. Guerrilla fighters can cause terrible damage both…
The Stories Behind 10 War Songs Which Should Be Remembered
Every war needs a song, we have collected ten songs from the past 300 years that were popular in war. A trip down memory lane!…
Fast Facts – Tanks: World Of Tanks Presents A Quick History Of A Game-Changing Military Machine (Watch)
From the battlefields of the First World War to military combat around the world today, the tank has become an instantly recognizable symbol of warfare…
Massive US Submarines Breaking Through Ocean of Ice in the Arctic (Watch)
Check out the Video of the US Navy Submarine USS Hartford emerging from ice during the ICEX 2016. The U.S. Navy’s ICEX, or Ice Exercise,…
The Last Samurai: The True History Behind The Film
The Last Samurai is a pretty solid, although underrated film. The action is well done, and the fusion of old and new, as well as…
Ten Things to Know About Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president, was a man of many contradictions. He wanted to keep America neutral during WWI, yet he also declared war…
The US Marine Corps’ “Longest Day” – June 6, 1918
By Guest Blogger Alan G. Gauthreaux “We wore the army uniform,” wrote Elton Mackin, a United States Marine on the Western Front in 1918, “and…