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The Molotov Line in Pictures: Introduction – By Piotr Tymiński

Why the Molotov Line? Is it because it’s the longest fortification line in Europe? Nah, years ago I haven’t had a clue about it… I…

Tensions increase between Europe and Russia

Europe and Russia

Since the civil war in the Ukraine began 2014, tensions between the NATO countries and Russia have increased. Now, the United States, as part of the…

New exhibition celebrates Russian Tsar Bomba

Tsar Bomba

If used on Paris, the city would be wiped out [Via] Russia is to reveal a monument to its biggest nuclear weapons achievement in the…

Color Footage Of How Nukes Were Tested On Marines

The most terrible weapon ever created is, of course, the nuclear bomb. During the Second World War, both the Allies and Nazi Germany were working…

THE SKETCHBOOK WAR – Review by Mark Barnes

THE SKETCHBOOK WAR

On 9th of July 1944 HW ‘Bill’ Warhurst of The Times was making his way through the ruins of Caen when he came across the…

Lebanon Peace Monument: Soviet T55 tanks, Munitions And Guns, All Embedded In Concrete

Monument for Peace

[Via] Beirut was once the Middle East’s most dangerous and war-torn cities. Today, the city focuses its peace efforts on one location – its Monument…

Woman Reunited After 70 Years With Daughter She Had With German Soldier

An Italian woman who lived and worked in Germany during World War Two has been reunited with the daughter she had with a German soldier, 70…

Two Tigers By Tom Marshall

Photos of a father and son, taken 30 years apart. Arthur James Langran served with the Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War and his…

Hitler remains synonymous with Germany

Hitler

Seventy years since the end of World War Two and Hitler remains synonymous with the German people. A new survey asked around 1000 German citizens…

WATCH: M1 Garand in High Speed (Slow-mo) Rapid fire + Clip “ping” with Jerry Miculek

M1 Garand

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…

At Sea In a Lifeboat – After the Sinking of the SS Athenia – By Tom Sanger

Survivors in one of Athenia‍ ’​s lifeboats alongside City of Flint Few passengers on a cruise ship nowadays ever give much thought to escaping the ship…

THE ADVANCE FROM MONS 1914 – The German Side! – Review by Chris Buckham

Bloem was a reserve Captain in the Royal Prussian Grenadier Regiment Prinz Carl von Preussen who engaged from the very first days of the First…