Battle of Nassau: The Continental Marines’ First Amphibious Landing
The Battle of Nassau was a naval operation and amphibious assault by the newly formed Continental Navy and Marines. It was the latter’s first amphibious…
Pentagon’s UFO Report Lands With A Shrug, Sightings ‘Probably Lack A Single Explanation’
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its highly anticipated Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) report to Congress on Friday, June 25, 2021.…
Mess Steward Poon Lim Survived 133 Days Lost At Sea
There are few individuals who hold a world record and even fewer who hold one for the longest time spent out at sea in a…
US Navy Heads To Kansas City For Navy Week
The U.S. Navy is heading for Kansas City, Missouri, for its first in-person Navy Week since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the first in the…
Alan Turing Featured On Newly Released £50 Banknote
The Bank of England has released new polymer £50 banknotes featuring Alan Turing. The release of the bills completes the Bank’s transition from paper to…
The Real-Life Aircraft And Battles That Inspired ‘Star Wars’
In 1977, film director George Lucas showed fellow friends in the industry an unfinished cut of a project he’d been working on. What they watched…
Ilyushin Il-2: The T-34 Of The Skies
By the end of WW2, the Soviet Union had mastered the art of mass-production, producing 80,000 T-34s, the second most produced tank ever, and 42,000…
Kugelpanzer: What Was the Purpose of This German Armored Vehicle?
The Germans developed an array of combat vehicles over the course of the Second World War. The majority have accompanying documentation that allow historians to…
Legendary MoH Marine Hershel W. Williams Welcomes Great-Grandson Into The Corps
The great-grandson of legendary U.S. Marine Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams has been welcomed into the Corps by his granddad. Williams was awarded the Medal of…
Fascinating Facts About ‘Platoon’ – Oliver Stone’s Best Movie
The 1986 Oliver Stone film, Platoon, has – along with Full Metal Jacket (1987) and Apocalypse Now (1979) – become the ultimate representation of Vietnam…
Prisoners of War Who Bravely Defied Their Captors
An unfortunate consequence of war is that those involved in the fighting will sometimes get captured by enemy forces. Known as prisoners of war (POWs),…
1940s LVT Buffalo Dug Up In Remarkable Condition In The UK
A WWII armored vehicle has been uncovered near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, after spending 74 years buried underground. The vehicle is a WWII LVT-4 Buffalo, also known…