A Virtual Battlefield Tour – The Somme From Above
World War One trenches have left scars in the landscape of France and Belgium and they can now be viewed via Google earth and Bing…
After Being Demoted to Private Nine Separate Times, This Canadian Was Awarded the Victoria Cross
If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…
Was Adolf Hitler the First Man on the Moon? A Look At Crackpot Nazi Theories
Space exploration is a topic with plenty of conspiracy theories. One such theory is that the Nazis used an Antarctic base to launch themselves into…
Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1939, before Alan Turing
The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…
Corregidor – America’s Island Fortress in the Pacific
In lieu of the coming 71st anniversary of the battle to recapture Corregidor, let’s look back at this small rocky island’s rich WWII history which…
Where Are The Men Buried From The 1776 Battle of Brooklyn?
In New York City, there is a legend that claims that scores of Maryland soldiers from the Revolutionary War are buried somewhere within the city…
Marcus Agrippa: Augustus’ Little Known Right Hand Man Who Knew How to Limit his Ambitions.
Octavian Augustus was the first actual emperor of Rome; Caesar had held the dictatorship but was murdered a few years into his rule. Ambitious men…
The 10 Of The Biggest Military Planes Ever Built
We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…
Did You Know? The French Army Invaded Germany in 1939 To Support The Polish
Germany was not the first country to go on the offensive on the western front of World War Two. That first attack came from France,…
Race against Time to Solve Riddle of Japanese Pilot Shot down in Northern Australia
On the rugged northern coast of Australia, in the area known as the Kimberleys, lies the historical coastal town of Broome, famous for its pearl…
The Bruneval Raid – The Secret Battle for German Radar
One of the most important raids in the Second World War was the British raid on Bruneval.occupied France. Its aim was to steal German radar…
Russia’s Father Of All Bombs: “All That Is Alive Merely Evaporates”
“All that is alive merely evaporates,” is the quote Russian Deputy Chief of Russian General Staff Alexander Rukshin shared when asked about their newly developed…