Operation Sealion – Summary of an exercise held at the Staff College, Sandhurst in 1974.
Operation Sealion – summary of an exercise held at the Staff College, Sandhurst in 1974. The full text is in ‘Sealion’ by Richard Cox. The scenario is…
Auschwitz ‘showers’ Offend Visitors To Former Death camp
A sprinkler system that has been installed at the Auschwitz Memorial site in Poland has come under criticism for insensitivity to the past. The Auschwitz…
Canadian WWI Veteran Was Wounded at Gallipoli Later At Ypres Then His Evac Ship Was Sunk By U-Boat And He Was Taken POW
John Joseph Ryan was a Canadian veteran of both World War One and World War Two. He was born in 1896 in Canada and became…
Elite Iberian Warriors and the Falcata
Elite units of the ancient world usually gain their elite status by being wealthy enough to afford the best arms and armor, such as cataphracts…
Vice Admiral Stockdale: “Hanoi Hilton” Beats His Face With a Stool, Cuts His Scalp & Wrists to Stop North Vietnamese Propaganda Attempts
He was a POW for years, and instead of beating up his captors, chose to beat himself up, instead. His reward? To be laughed at…
He Parachuted Out Of His Crippled B-24 Then Killed The Enemy Pilot With A Head Shot From A Pistol
The following story may or may not be true, but the US Army Air Force (USAAF) believes it is. It is about a man who…
The Man Who Broke In And Out of Auschwitz, Not Once But Twice, Died Aged 96
A World War Two veteran and prisoner of war has died aged 96. Denis Avey controversially broke in out of Auschwitz, not once but twice!…
Part 2: The Best Tank of WWII. (I disagree, but I explain why) by World of Tanks
Nicholas Moran continues his tour of the most interesting tanks. This time, he came to…Russia! Why? To finally tell us about a Soviet…
New Indian Ice Cream Uses Hitler as Brand Ambassador
[Via] A new ice-cream to hit India’s streets is called the Adolf Hitler and has sparked anger and frustration in Germany and the rest of…
7 Vehicles and Inventions that Shaped D-Day
World War Two was a period of innovation and development for military equipment and weaponry, as both the Allies and Nazis tried to outwit each…
Czech car killed more Nazi officers than active combat
1941 Tatra T87, s/n 49870 and engine no 12786345 via Wikipedia Historians have revealed that more Nazi officers were killed in the Czech car, the Tatra…
2012: Syrian army claimed to have found a cache of 5,000 STG-44 rifles (video)
These rifles look in mint condition and will absolutely blow your mind. The video below shows members of the Free Syrian Army who are fighting…