Stalin academic, Robert Conquest, dies aged 98
British academic and historian, Robert Conquest, who uncovered the horrors in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union in the run up to and during World War…
BROKEN DREAMS – Review by Mark Barnes
Our friends at Narwal are known for their unique style and spirit which I have told you before is quite infectious. This latest book from…
World War Two Melbourne tank factory due for demolition
An old industrial suburb of Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne, is about to be converted into a modern estate of apartment blocks. However, it has…
The Russian AK-47 versus the American M16
The AK-47 and the M16 were two important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as the Kalashnikov after…
Nazi massacre descendants meet for first time
[Via] Andreas Schendel is a descendent of two Nazi Waffen SS officers. Both were his uncles and so once World War Two had ended, their…
Japan’s revisionists have different view of World War Two
Japan’s revisionists are a driving force behind a different version of what happened during World War Two. Slave labour, torture and sex slaves for…
US Civil War enthusiasts reigned in from retrieving relics
America’s Civil War is regularly brought back to life by the country’s vast number of US Civil War enthusiasts and re-enactors. Another way to bring…
Tsutomu Yamaguchi – the world’s only survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs
[Via] Japan’s Tsutomu Yamaguchi lived a long, healthy life until he died in 2010 at the ripe old age of 93. What could have killed…
Bf 109 pilot Franz Stigler and B-17 pilot Charlie Brown’s first meeting
Truly touching moments of humanity, ethics and morals are rather rare in warfare. The Christmas Truce of WWI was an excellent example of such humanity,…
CBS News report that turned the Vietnam War
On 5th August a little known Vietnam War anniversary took place. The date marked 50 years since US forces in Vietnam set fire to the…
Martin Bomber Plant due for demolition
By April 1944, more than 1500 B-26 bombers had passed through the production lines of the Martin Bomber Plant in Bellevue, Nebraska. The very next…
War Horse Ride 2014 Commemorated World War One Cavalry
The British Expeditionary Force was the force sent in to fight in France at the beginning of World War One. In 2014, a re-enactment, called…