Can a Leopard Really Change it Spots?
There is an old saying: Can a leopard change its spots? Over the last 50 years, the German Leopard series of main battle tanks has…
The Australians at Pozieres: Battle of the Somme 1916
This success came at a huge cost. The Australian 1st Division suffered 5,285 casualties — an inordinate number given a division normally consists of around…
Images of the National Archive Armistice -Diverse Offerings From Pen & Sword
The victory summer of 1919 saw important visitors drop anchor off my home town. The Atlantic Fleet sailed into the Thames Estuary with a great…
The Time An F-106 Interceptor Landed Itself Without A Pilot
The world of military aviation is full of strange stories, freak accidents, amazing near-misses, and unlikely happenings. But few tales are stranger than the story…
Ordinary Membership Card: 102-Year-Old Veteran Honored in Canada
At 102 years old, Royal Canadian Air Force veteran Alward M. Gammell has a lot to reflect on. Among the many testaments to his loyalty…
‘The Most Intact U-Boat Wreck I’ve Ever Seen’ U-Boat Hunter Dr Innes McCartney
The submarine sank some 16 nautical miles 18 mi) northeast of Malin Head, in Ireland, where it lay for the next five decades. Unlike the…
Ian Fortune Kept Flying After Being Shot In the Head By Enemy Machine Gun Fire
Whether it be in peacetime or war, being shot is never pleasant. Taking a bullet once in the body is often enough to maim or…
Greece Seeking Reparations From WWII: Germany Says No!
Around 1,000 Greek villages were destroyed, thousands of Greeks died of starvation,and tens of thousands were killed by German forces. On April 17th, the Greek…
20 Years Ago Serbs Took Out An “Invisible” F-117 Stealth Fighter
In March 1999, a Yugoslavian air defense battery did what, at the time, was thought to be impossible – shoot down a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk…
The MOH Recipient Who Enlisted To Avenge His Brother
He soon saw action, and was wounded twice in the space of a few months – first in the foot, in August, and then a…
Why Wasn’t Poison Gas Used In WWII?
I state categorically that we shall under no circumstances resort to the use of such weapons unless they are first used by our enemies.” After…
Hurricane Could be Rebuilt After 80 years in the Ground
The plane’s impact with the ground was so hard, and so abrupt, that the fuel in the tanks didn’t ignite, according to Roger Pickett, a…