Recreated WW1 trench at Powis Castle
One of the many exhibitions and memorials to commemorate the battle of the Somme can be found at Powis Castle, which is situated near Welshpool…
Mein Kampf royalties to go to Holocaust survivors
In 1923, Adolph Hitler wrote his infamous tome, “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle), while in jail for his part in the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed…
Tankfest 2016 – TANKED UP AGAIN!
After last year there was some doubt the WHO team would be invited back to the Tank Museum for Tankfest. Some people have short memories!…
How The Iranians Captured 10 US Sailors In January 2016
In January 2016, Iran made a public display of its internal bickering. On the one side were the moderates who wanted to open up to…
Ghosts of Time: 39 Incredible Then & Now WWII Pictures
Not everyone was happy when the First World War ended, and it was not just the Germans, who were severely punished for their role in…
5 Secret Military Bases in Unbelievable Places (Watch)
A missile base buried under the ice, mysterious Japanese submarine bases in Mexico, a Nazi weather station in Canada, a secret Japanese WWII town in…
Pegasus Bridge the Movie – the Brits own ‘Band of Brothers’? The director tells us more
Historically, some of the best war films ever made have been British. That kind of ended when Hollywood stepped up and dominated the film and…
TANK: 100 Years of the World’s Most Important Armored Military Vehicle
From the Greek phalanx to Roman siege engines, plans by Leonardo da Vinci, and the wondrous imagination of H.G. Wells, the idea of the armored…
An Escape Tunnel is Located at this Holocaust Massacre Site
A group of archaeologists and mapmakers seems to have discovered a long-forgotten hand-dug tunnel. The 70-year-old tunnel, dug mostly by hand by 80 Jews, was…
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…