7 Oddest Weapons That Have Been Made In the Past
You might think that you know about all the unique military weapons that have been made to date, but human beings have a penchant for…
Landing the F/A-18 Hornet On The Road – The Finns Know What They Are Doing
The Finnish Air Force trains its pilots to land on the road in case of a war in which the airbases are taken out. Not…
Russian Liberation Army – Russian Volunteers Who Fought For Hitler
It was 1st September 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland under a false pretext, officially kicking off WWII. The tensions in Europe had already reached…
The Curious Life of Norman Birkett – A Look at the Nuremberg Trials
The British Barrister, preacher, politician and judge, William Norman Birkett, definitely had a curious life. He was born on the 6th September 1883 and…
Admiral Kimmel: The Scapegoat of Pearl Harbor or the Man Who Opened the Door for the Japanese Attack
There have been few American military disasters that could ever rival what took place on December 7, 1941. The United States would see over 2400…
5 Things You Don’t Know: M1 Garand (Watch)
The M1 Garand rifle is a 0.30 caliber semi-automatic US rifle designed in 1928 by Canadian-American firearms designer John Garand. It was in service as…
U.S. Professor Could Be Jailed On Claims Poles Killed More Jews than Germans during WWII
A Polish-born Princeton professor is fighting a charge of national insult for claiming that during World War II, the Polish people killed more Jews than…
The Belfast Blitz That Destroyed 55,000 Homes
New research carried out has shown the extent of the ill-preparedness of Belfast during the Second World War. The city was left vulnerable to an…
Alcon developing movie “Perfume River”, Set in Vietnam during Tet Offensive
Alcon Entertainment is developing a drama based on events around the 1968 Tet Offensive. The Vietnam War spy drama is titled Perfume River. Alcon optioned…
THE WINTER FORTRESS – The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb – Review by Mark Barnes
The wartime race for the atomic bomb was a drama acted out across continents. The fact the Allies won it cannot be ascribed to any…
The “Glorious Glosters” Greatest Battle – When 650 Glosters were up against 10,000 Chinese
Unique in all the British Army, the “Glorious Glosters” wear badges on the front and the rear of their berets. This right was earned in…
Waking Up To Find A German U-Boat on the Beach
On April 16, 1919, the residents at Queens Hotel, a beach-front hotel in Hastings, on the Sussex coast in England, awoke to the most amazing…