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The Trireme in Ancient Warfare

Ancient warfare relied on steel weapons, but continually evolved with differences in equipment and tactics. Naval warfare was a simpler affair, find the enemy ship…

BRITISH INFANTRY BATTALION COMMANDERS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne

BRITISH INFANTRY

I have to start by admitting that I know Peter Hodgkinson and the series editor John Bourne.  Interest declared; on with the review!  Peter’s book…

Top battles of the American Revolution

American Revolution

[Via] The top battles of the American Revolution were characteristic of the prolonged and drawn out battle over America from 1765 to 1783. Rebels in…

Sacrifices made by all including Great Britain’s Royal Family

Elizabeth in Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945 via Wikipedia World War II was a time in which everyone made sacrifices including Britain’s royal family. These…

Pegasus Bridge Museum – A Visit in Pictures

Last week I was in Normandy and finally had the chance to visit Pegasus Bridge and the museum. I’ve always camped far away in the…

‘Restoring a memory’ Civil War soldier receives memorial headstone 141 years after death

Civil War

By Jeremy P. Ämick As noted in the book “Germans in the Civil War” by Walter Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich, German Americans made up one…

Images emerge of Japan’s famous submarines that never saw action during World War II

I-400 submarines

[Via] With World War II in the Pacific was in its final months, a desperate plan to launch bacteriological weapons on the US West coast…

RACE TO THE RHINE – Review by Mark Barnes

We last saw these authors with their extremely likable guide to D-Day and the beginnings of the Normandy campaign. I obviously wasn’t paying sufficient attention…

Bomber Camp 2015 – The Pictures

Remember the amazing Bomber Camp weekend by the Stockton Field Aviation Museum? Being trained on every position as B-17 Flying Fortress crewmen, dropping bombs from a…

5 paintings missing since WWII returned to Germany thanks to the ‘Monument Men Foundation’

Monument Men Foundation

The damage and destruction during the Second World War was wide spread and spilt into many pillars of society. Art and cultural symbols were targeted…

Korean War air battle

Korean War

[Via] The Korean War took place as World War Two ended and the Cold War began. The Korean War was dominated by air battles between…

Cold War Vulcan bomber to be grounded

Vulcan bomber

[Via] The last airborne Vulcan bomber which was built and used during the Cold War is to be grounded this year. Built 55 years ago,…