Normandy Invasion Beaches From a Different Angle
Ten years or so ago I was lucky enough to fly along the invasion beaches at 800′ in a C-47. If you ever get the…
The German Jeep – 20 Amazing Wartime Images of The Kubelwagen
The Volkswagen Kübelwagen that was used during the Second World War by both the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS was a light military vehicle designed by Ferdinand…
These Ten Facts About WW1 Have Been Largely Forgotten
In these centennial years of the First World war, let’s look back at some of the more unknown facts about WW1. Were the Generals leading the…
The Misfit Who, On His First Mission, Became the First Enlisted Airman To Receive a Medal of Honor
Maynard Harrison “Snuffy” Smith was such a screw-up, he joined the US Army to avoid jail. He earned the nickname, “Snuffy Smith,” because no one…
Amazing War Footage Of Soldiers From 1899, When The Second Boer War Was Raging
“The Boers are not like the Sudanese, who stood up to a fair fight. They are always running away on their little ponies.” – General…
New Sources Claim Coco Chanel Was A Nazi Spy
Coco Chanel is listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of the 20th century. She is a fashion icon, of course, as…
Development of the Awe-inspiring Triple Walls of Constantinople
The great city of Constantinople was one of the most impressive and impregnable cities in the world for over 1,000 years. It retained the glory…
Milne Bay – The first Japanese Land Defeat of the Second World War
Reprinted with permission from Australian Bunker and Military Museum Milne Bay is located on the south-eastern tip of Papua. Before World War II, most of the area’s…
Operation Market Garden – September 25th, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Oosterbeek A destroyed King Tiger in the ruins of Oosterbeek All day preparations…
The Friendly Invasion Returns to Suffolk: Welcoming Home Two Men of The Mighty Eighth
Often, my father frustratingly reflects on his 17 year stint in the office of a sugar beet factory through the realisation that almost every man…
Operation Market Garden – September 24th, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Oosterbeek In a final attempt to reinforce the perimeter and secure a crossing…
WHAT?! Sniper who Killed a Taliban Machine Gunner from 8,120 feet away, Then The Assistant & Then Shot the MG to Put it Out of Action
A corporal of the Horse and a member of the elite British Household Cavalry unit holds the record for achieving the longest kill shot ever…