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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…

Elite Italian Shock Troops – The Arditi: We Either Win, Or We All Die

The Arditi were a special Italian shock trooper unit which was most active during the last two years of the First World War. Their name…

The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From WWI & WWII

Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…

The Rules Of Chivalry Were So Important In Medieval Society, But Breaking The Rules Was Almost As Important

Andrew Knighton

In the Middle Ages, chivalry was more than just a name for polite behavior. It was a set of rules meant to limit the actions…

When The Nuclear Submarine USS San Francisco Crashed Into An Undersea Mountain

Launched in 1979, the USS San Francisco is the third American ship, boat or submarine to carry a title featuring San Francisco in the name.  In…

Interesting collection of weapons from WWI sold at auction

Ian Harvey

In January 2018, C&T Auctions of Ashford, Kent, in the south-east of England, held a military auction.  There were the usual buttons, medals, insignia, belt…

During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Canada Declared War One Day Earlier Than America

The attack on Pearl Harbor marked the beginning of American involvement in the Second World War. The Japanese provocation, which occurred before any official declaration…

Beautiful Love Story: Young British women who fell in love with German soldiers stationed on the island

Ian Harvey

An upcoming movie is set during a dark time in Britain’s history. Starring Lily James of Downton Abbey fame, “The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel…

After The Normandy Invasions Came The Long And Bloody Fight For France

Greg Jackson

The landings in Normandy were a major shock for the Allies even though Operation Overlord, which was the code name for the invasion, was thoroughly…

A Bridge Too Far: The Americans, And The True Story Of The 101st And 82nd In Operation Market Garden

Greg Jackson

A Bridge Too Far, the film adaptation of Cornelius Ryan’s book of the same name, tells the epic tale of the men who fought through…

Bravery: The Amazing French Resistance and D-Day Including 21 images

As Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, the 6th of June 1944, others were paving the way for their arrival. The French…

The Six Men Who Were Behind the July 20th Plot to Assassinate Hitler

The July 20th Plot to assassinate Hitler in his Eastern Prussian Headquarters, called the Wolf’s Lair, was probably the closest anyone got to really killing…