150 British Soldiers Against 4000 Zulus: The Defence of Rorke’s Drift
11 Victoria Crosses and Four Distinguished Conduct Medals were awarded in this most epic of battles. Eleven Victoria Crosses, the highest and most prestigious medal…
From Biplane to Hurricane: The Slip-Wing experiment
The aircraft took off as a bi-plane, flew out over the sea with an RAF Hudson flying escort, jettisoned the upper wing, and returned to…
An Unlikely Alliance: When America Sided With Germany to Help China!
Von Seeckt was instrumental in forming Wehrmacht strategies. He believed in a well-armed and trained small force as opposed to a larger, untrained force. The…
10 U.S. Presidents Who Served in the Military.
During the attack on Chichijima, Bush’s torpedo bomber was downed by anti-aircraft fire. As stipulated in Clause 1, Section 2, Article II of the United…
The Janissaries: The Military Elite of the Ottoman Empire.
The first Ottoman rulers reserved a fifth of the young prisoners of war for a system called devshirme or blood tax. The Janissaries were the…
The Gurkhas: The Worlds Toughest Fighting Elite.
To join the British Army, Gurkhas have to pass one of the world’s most grueling military selection processes. Indian Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was known…
From the Windy City to The Cold War: Dennis & Honest John.
“We had targets set up and fired two separate test rockets while we were there to measure the amount of damage they could inflict on…
Believe it or Not: Since Its Birth The USA Has Only Had 17 Years of Peace
Since the birth of the USA on July 4, 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, the country has been at war for 93% of its…
Did You Know That Charlie Chaplin Was Hated & Ridiculed For Not Enlisting in WW1
Charlie Chaplin was ridiculed and denigrated when he didn’t volunteer to fight in the First World War. It was only after his death that the…
“Join the Navy, see the world!” Only After we Have Kidnapped You of Course
Groups of ten to twelve sailors or soldiers would roam port towns and cities looking for men to press into naval service. “Join the Navy,…
Jonny Bay And Legenda: The Men Who Have Recovered 15,000 Fallen Soldiers
I went into a beaten-up house to find a few rusty “Bouncing Betty” anti-personnel mines inside one of the doorways. From overgrown trenches to abandoned…
The Tale of Arthur MacArthur: A Bold Legacy
Despite that, the Union troops kept surging forward behind their roaring guns, yelling “Chickamauga! Chickamauga!” With no less than 620,000 deaths recorded over four years…