WATCH: An Extra’s Life – On the set of Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers was a 2001 TV series starring Damian Lewis, and produced by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks. It is based on a book,…
Hells Highway – 101st Airborne Market Garden Battles South of Veghel (Part 1)
The date is September 24th 1944, Operation Market Garden has dragged on into it’s 6th day and the Germans are about to begin their last…
Vietnam War search for Cambodian “Bamboo Pentagon” headquarters
[Via] The entire Vietnam War is surrounded in controversy, but the attack on Cambodia is one that seemed the most needless and cost thousands of…
Rangers led the way during World War Two
[Via] The US Army’s Rangers section has been in operation since the mid-1700s and during World War Two it was crucial to the success of…
British teenagers caught stealing items from Auschwitz
[Via] Two schoolboys from the UK have been arrested in Poland after they were caught stealing objects from the Auschwitz concentration camp grounds. The two…
8 Low-Tech and Bizarre Tactics and Weapons Used in WWII
The Second World War that is remembered by the Atomic bomb’s mushroom cloud and V2 rockets, it is very hard to imagine that throughout the…
WITH HITLER IN THE WEST – Review by Mark Barnes
I don’t expect you to remember, but I reviewed the autobiography of Heinrich Hoffmann around three years ago. He stands as one of the great…
A Stained Glass Window Illustration Dedicated to ‘Battle of Britain’ Veterans
Undoubtedly, Adolf Hitler had a number of illusions and dreams shattered one after another as the conflict in the Europe intensified. Hitler was under the…
World War II Veterans Look Back On The Most Extraordinary Days Of Their Lives
It is very hard to imagine in 2015, the life and times of the people who lived through the most brutal clash of human history,…
Controversy over Apple’s removal of Confederate flag games
As America still reels from the devastating shooting of a bible study class in Charleston, South Carolina, and an activist has been arrested for removing…
Watch: Rare German First World War Footage
This is a collection of some rare and seldom seen First World War footage. See German soldiers march through the Brandenburger gate in Berlin, confident that…
1914: FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT – Review by Mark Barnes
It never ceases to impress me the way authors lace their works with references to other books they have read as part of their research.…