British WWI Mark II Tank – Training Tanks
The seventh in a series of short films about some of the vehicles in our collection presented by The Tank Museum’s historian David Fletcher MBE.…
A Country for a Company – The 1954 US Backed Guatemalan Coup To Support United Fruit Company
The United Fruit Company (UFC) was once so powerful that the US government destroyed democracy in a country for it. It started in 1931 when…
DEVOTION – An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice – Review by Mark Barnes
This latest book by Adam Makos has all the ingredients of a Christmas period chart topper. His track record is pretty solid to say the…
Herman Goering’s Catalogue of Stolen Masterpieces Published
The right hand man of Adolf Hitler Herman Goering kept a very detailed catalogue of the stolen art masterpieces confiscated from the occupied Europe. For…
67 Year Old Man Have Been The Oldest Soldier of the First World War – He Was Killed
100 years after World War One and a story of the oldest soldier to fight in the war has emerged. Thousands of young, middle aged and…
‘All part of my duty’ – California, Mo., veteran served aboard USS Lexington during WWII
By Jeremy P. Amick During the Second World War, their emerged many interesting stories from the annals of naval history, which demonstrate the remarkable performance…
Mel Gibson To Direct Second World War Drama: Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson was photographed overlooking the principal photography for his upcoming creative venture; a Second World War drama called Hacksaw Ridge. It has been a…
German Mauser C96, Famous from James Bond & Star Wars!
The Mauser C96 is a semi-automatic pistol that was built by the German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896–1937. The C96 gained fame in recent times…
A new Australia: The ANZAC Legend At Gallipoli
‘From 1915 the word ANZACs was applied to military formations – at first ANZAC meant a man who had served on Gallipoli, and later acquired…
Percy Hobart – Wizard of WW2 Armored Tank Warfare
Chances are you’ve never heard of Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, even though he just might be one of the most influential individuals in WW2. Percy…
Could the Nazis have conquered the United States?
Considering some of the different outcomes that could have happened during World War Two, historians and researchers have looked closely at how and what would…
WAR’S NOMADS – A Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western Desert Campaign 1942-43 – Review by Mark Barnes
We’ve been in the desert a few times and I generally find writing of the campaign to have a different quality to conflict in other…