Affleck-Damon Team Up for Battle of Bunker Hill Movie
We will be expecting a new historical epic coming in the not so distant future from Warner Bros. with Hollywood actors Ben Affleck and Matt…
Mike Durant (Black Hawk Down) – Not an Ordinary Man
On first meeting Michael J. Durant, you would find him a pleasant, ordinary, American, family man. He enjoys playing ice hockey and is also dynamic…
Little golden soldier stolen from Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park
The little golden soldier, proudly standing on his plinth and holding aloft a blood red poppy, has been stolen from the entrance to Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park.…
Austria Moves to Seize Hitler’s Birth Home
The Interior Minister of Austria has announced a bill that will allow the government to seize ownership of the house that Adolf Hitler was born…
The Plot to Destroy Black Tom Island At the WWI Visit of the U-Boat “Deutschland”
100 years ago this month, the U-Boat Deutschland, a German submarine, visited Baltimore on an alleged business venture. It spent a couple of weeks in…
Fromelles and Poziers, two battles sombrely celebrated by the Australians
This month marks the 100th Anniversary of two of the bloodiest battles fought by ANZAC troops in WW1. These battles, Fromelles, 19th to 20th July…
22 Remarkable and Rare Photos of the Siege of Leningrad!
The Leningrad Blockade is known as one of the deadliest, most prolonged and lengthy sieges in history. Although sieges were an extremely common method of…
Band of Brothers Behind the Scenes – 39 Fun images!
Band of Brothers is the 2001 HBO American war drama miniseries, it is based on the non-fiction book with the same name by historian Stephen…
The World War I Fatalities Who Were Reported Dead, But Survived
During World War I, many families dreaded a visit from the telegraph boy. A few terse words explaining that their son had died in the…
Discovered Bullet Changes Views On Lawrence Of Arabia
Researchers have new evidence corroborating TE Lawrence’s account of his activities in the Arab revolt 100 years ago. Archaeologists have spent the last ten years…
PATTON AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE – How the General’s Tanks Turned the Tide At Bastogne – Review by Mark Barnes
The story of the stand of the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne is the stuff of legend. It is a story that has received something…
Have You Ever Wanted to Talk to a WWI Soldier? Now You Can With This New Chatbot
We are still going through the centennial of WWI, each month there is a new anniversary of a campaign or battle. The Great War was…