‘Epitaphs of the Great War’ – Review by Mark Barnes
I didn’t start my battlefield pilgrimage in earnest until 2003. I went to Normandy that year with my family and friends. It was an outstanding…
25 Things You Didn’t Know About “Schindler’s List”
Here are 25 things you probably didn’t know about the making of this cinematic masterpiece: 1. One of the 1,200 Jews Schindler saved from the…
Northern Ireland Cold War Nuclear Bunker For Sale
Northern Ireland’s only Cold War bunker was built to survive a nuclear attack, but it’s now dangerous to enter due to a buildup of a…
The German Jeep – 20 Wartime Images of The Kubelwagen
The Volkswagen Kübelwagen that was used during the Second World War by both the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS was a light military vehicle designed by Ferdinand…
Russian Company Builds Replica T-35 Tank
A metal-working company in Russia’s Ural region has recreated the Soviet T-35 tank by referring to Soviet-era drawings. The replica tank will sit in the…
Success at Last – One Woman’s Determination to Get Granddad’s Auctioned Medals Back Into The Family
Mandy McClean sat with her ear glued to the telephone listening to the bids as they slowly climbed. They passed her estimate of £700, passed…
Decades On From The Battlefield of El Alamein, These Old Veterans Can Shake Hands and Be Friends
Seventy-four years is too long a time to hold onto a grudge, and so when 95-year-old German Leutnant, Gunter Halm met up with 96-year-old British…
Callously Stolen, Returned With Respect – The Mystery of the Memorial Flag
Nineteen-year-old Seaman Patrick Corcoran died aboard the USS Frank E. Evans during the Vietnam War. His family’s neighbors flew his memorial flag in front of…
The 1941 Battle of Smolensk In 20 Stunning Pictures
The Battle of Smolensk was a large-scale battle during the opening stages of the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, in World…
Warfare through the ages at the Tank Museum
Visitors to The Tank Museum can expect to be taken back in time, at the Warfare Through the Ages historical re-enactment event, on Saturday 6…
Easy Company Soldiers and Band Of Brothers Actors (Watch)
Easy company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division; almost everybody has heard of them one way or another. They were paratroopers,…
Recovering Remains of Marines From “one square mile of hell” – Tarawa Atoll
Private Robert Carter’s remains were buried under crushed coral at an old shipyard for 72 years. Because his fellow Marines refused to leave him behind,…