1927: Pioneer Marine Aviator Made 10 Trips Into The Besieged Town In A Plane Without Brakes!
The United States Marine Corps considers themselves experts in the art of close air support, but getting to that point was a process of experimentation…
British Rambo of the Somme: “If I’ve got to be killed, I’ll die fighting not digging.”
Thomas Alfred Jones was nicknamed “Dodger” in childhood because he was good at soccer. Unfortunately, they quickly changed that to “Todger” – which is British…
British Army’s Greatest Humiliation – The Fall of Singapore
During WWII, the Japanese took a calculated risk by invading Singapore with far fewer numbers than the defenders. They adopted devious tactics to secure the city. Singapore…
This Is So Cool, Lego-Style Tiger 131!
The Tank Museum’s most famous exhibit has been immortalised in a limited edition Lego-style model. Fans of the infamous Tiger 131, which features in countless…
Friendly Fire death may be the first casualty of the First World War
Sometimes we discover things in the most unexpected of places. Located within a visitors’ book from a tea room in Peterborough is the extraordinary story…
82nd Airborne D-Day Paratrooper Returns to Normandy, For The Last Time?
Ralph Ticcioni’s first taste of France and all things French was of a barn roof – his parachute had caught on the weather vane! It…
The Battle of Tarawa: 76 Hours of Hell – 5,700 Dead for Twelve Square Miles
The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…
Legion Vs Phalanx: Two Powerhouse Formations of Ancient Warfare
The organization from Homeric style hero warfare to tightly packed hoplite warfare was world changing. This powerful Hellenic formation allowed the ancient Greeks to hold…
10 Things You Never Knew About Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…
3 Key Artillery Techniques of the First World War
One of the great revelations of the First World War was the vast destructive power of artillery. Never before had so many guns of such…
20 Pictures That Proved To The German People That The Atlantic Wall Could Not Be Breached
The massive batterie Lindeman, now buried under tons Channel Tunnel soil The Atlantic wall, meant to be an impregnable line of beach obstacles, bunkers,…
18 Little Known Facts About Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin, or Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, is a man who, unfortunately, needs no introduction. He was one of World War II’s most infamous leaders,…