Lost Iron Cross Found In Wales to be returned to German soldier’s family
A German World War One Iron Cross is to make its journey home to the soldier who left it behind. The Iron Cross, the highest…
Thousands of Japanese war dead remain unclaimed
As VJ Day has been commemorated around the world, the cremated remains of over 7000 Japanese war dead killed during World War Two remain unclaimed…
The Germans Who Fought With The RAF During WWII
The majority of the British Army during World War Two consisted of British and her Allied troops. However there was a small contingent of a…
What Happened To the French Undersea Cruiser Surcouf? Bermuda Triangle, Sunk by Friendly Fire or Rammed?
The mystery of how the record breaking French submarine Surcouf sunk has been debated since the day it disappeared in the Pacific, near Tahiti. Was…
The Molotov Line in Pictures: Introduction – By Piotr Tymiński
Why the Molotov Line? Is it because it’s the longest fortification line in Europe? Nah, years ago I haven’t had a clue about it… I…
Camouflage Netting: ‘Making’ Factories into Towns – Bet You Haven’t Seen A Lot of These Before?! We Haven’t!
In February 1942 the United States Navy Monitors had been tracking a Japanese submarine lurking on the outskirts of San Francisco. Several nights after this,…
The Horrific Nazi Gas Vans – The Mobile Gas Chambers
The Nazis began experimenting with poison gas for the purpose of mass murder in late 1939 with the killing of mental patients (“euthanasia”). A Nazi…
Tensions increase between Europe and Russia
Since the civil war in the Ukraine began 2014, tensions between the NATO countries and Russia have increased. Now, the United States, as part of the…
New exhibition celebrates Russian Tsar Bomba
If used on Paris, the city would be wiped out [Via] Russia is to reveal a monument to its biggest nuclear weapons achievement in the…
Color Footage Of How Nukes Were Tested On Marines
The most terrible weapon ever created is, of course, the nuclear bomb. During the Second World War, both the Allies and Nazi Germany were working…
Lebanon Peace Monument: Soviet T55 tanks, Munitions And Guns, All Embedded In Concrete
[Via] Beirut was once the Middle East’s most dangerous and war-torn cities. Today, the city focuses its peace efforts on one location – its Monument…
5 Formidable Melee Weapons of Ancient Warfare
In modern warfare, hand to hand combat is a last resort, with combat knives coming out either in stealth missions or in extremely close quarters…