The Heat Is On! Tankfest 2018
Friday is now heralded as rehearsal day with a limited program in the arena. It was possible to have a choice of spots to snap…
Stonewall Jackson’s Early Masterpiece – The Shenandoah Valley
The 1862 battle of Shenandoah Valley ranks as one of the grandest masterpieces of military history. The Shenandoah Valley situated in Virginia and bounded to…
US Armored Recon – M8 Greyhound with 30 photos
Armored warfare excelled during the Second World War, and the future seemed to be written on the turret of a tank. But still, technology was…
Disaster in the East – 1915 Winter Offensive Against Russia
At the start of 1915, the Central Powers had high hopes for the Eastern Front. By launching massive attacks early in the year, they hoped…
Barbary Pirates and White Slavery
The term “Barbary’ is an adjective that refers to the inhabitants of the coastal regions of North Africa. The ethnic group indigenous to this region…
War & Peace – Is Man Prone to War Naturally?
An ongoing debate exists as to whether humans are innately aggressive creatures prone to warfare and violence, or if they only become that way as…
Faithful to the End – Service Dogs that Defied the Germans
In the Ukrainian village of Legezino in the Cherkassy region, there is a monument to “Heroes of frontier guards and their dogs.” It is devoted…
The Modern “Beast” of the Battlefield – M1 ABRAMS
During the Persian Gulf War, havoc reigned on the Iraqi side of the battlefield as an armored beast came into play, efficiently decimating Iraq’s Soviet-era…
The USSR’s Extraordinary Women Snipers of WW2
During the Second World War, the USSR used more women in combat than any other country. Among them were hundreds of remarkable snipers. Soviet Snipers…
Securing Korea: The Battle for Pyongyang
The First Sino-Japanese War was a culmination of Japan’s modernization. Having updated its military and industry, it faced cultural and political divisions that many in…
Improvised WWII Tank of the Soviets – NI-1
In 1941, the city of Odessa was caught within a ring of Romanian-German offensive formations. The forces of the 11th German and 4th Romanian armies…
Caesar’s Loss to Vercingetorix at Gergovia
The Gallic wars were a series of battles that ensued when the Gallic people of what is now France stood in resistance to the invading Roman…