Military Obituaries – Book Three – Review by Mark Barnes
Obituary writing is a discipline I admire very much. On most days my day job in newspapers has me copying cuts, cuttings or clippings –…
Women – The Backbone of Malta during WWII
Malta is situated in the Mediterranean Sea, 93km south of Sicily. It is an archipeligo of many little islands – the largest of which is…
Wheaton Cold War Bunker to be Demolished
The first nuclear age civil defense control center is scheduled to be removed from Wheaton. It’s one of the last reminders of the Cold War…
Nikita Krushchev’s Son Still Missing in Action from World War II
Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s son is still considered missing in action. A former chief of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Directorate for the Memorialization of…
SUNBURN AND SPITFIRES – Shuttleworth Military Pageant 2016
Mark Barnes works on his t-shirt tan as a bevy of classic aircraft put on a great show for the Military Pageant at Old Warden,…
The USS Alabama As You’ve Never Seen Her Before! (Watch)
The USS Alabama (BB-60) is a South Dakota Class Battleship, launched on April 16, 1942. It served during World War II in both the Pacific…
10 Things You Must Know: How Hitler Came to Power
Before he was the Fuhrer, he was a Gefreiter in the Imperial German Army, a rank equivalent to Lance Corporal. Before he was a nationalist,…
Top 10 Aerial Dogfights in Movies (Watch)
For all the movie buffs and aircraft nerds, this list does the trick. But first: Spoiler Alert. Even though the list is a mix of…
A Bridge Too Far: The Battle for Arnhem – At A Glance
Operation Market Garden was one of the boldest moves by Allied forces in the Second World War. The ambition shown in this plan proved greater…
Storming Through Enemy Trenches in Iraq, Marine Chontosh Went After The Enemy With Their Own Weapons
Once the bullets start flying, and explosions ring out, one often has mere seconds to interpret the battlefield and take decisive action if one is…
Touchy move of Soviet War Monuments by Poles
The Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), based in Warsaw, plans to move over 200 monuments originally set up by the Soviets after the end of…
“Soldier With Sad Eyes” Identified as World War I Hero
Lieutenant Frank Roberts, a Welsh soldier who was severely wounded at the First Battle of the Somme, had his image used in a music video…