The 7 Ton Nuclear Landmine to be Triggered by CHICKENS to Stop the Soviet Army
Landmine: The Cold War was a tense time for Europeans, caught as they were between the military behemoths of the USSR and the USA. Both…
Auschwitz: 40% of German Fourteen-Year-Olds Don’t Know What it Was
A recent study by the Körber Institute has revealed that fewer than half of the 14 to 16-year-old German students surveyed realized that the infamous…
Short film inspired by Vietnam War – “Wandering Soul”
WANDERING SOUL is a ghost story set during the Vietnam War and tells the story of a Viet Cong soldier stationed in the infamous Cu Chi…
Let’s All be of Help – Jim “Pee Wee” Martin Furnace Fundraiser
In 1941 and shortly after the date which will live in Infamy 7 Dec the day Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor, Jim Martin decided to…
Shooting Vietnam – Review by Mark Barnes
Having my feet firmly planted in the camps of archive photography and military history, I was bound to be drawn to this absorbing and often…
81 Years Since the Winter War – Memories Are Still Alive
On the 30th of November 1939 Soviet troops attacked Finland in order to seize the areas which according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact belonged to the…
The Liberation of Belgium Celebrating the 75th Anniversary
September 2019, people all over Belgium are celebrating the 75th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany during the Second World War. 75 years ago,…
The Tour de France & Two World Wars: Revenge, Blackmail & Third Reich Ties
I recently stumbled across an article discussing the 1914 Tour de France. Intrigued by the prospect of a wartime Tour de France, I started to…
US POW Descendants, Polish Historians to Create Museum at the Site of the Former Barracks of US POWs
Szubin, Poland. September 24, 2019. The Polish-American Foundation for the Commemoration of POW Camps in Szubin will illuminate the experiences of the thousands of Allied prisoners-of-war who…
Entering the Flak Barrage
The German Flak (aka Ground Anti-Aircraft) guns were most effective weapons, with the legendary Flak 88 mm as the standard version (which was also a…
Could Hold 32 Million Gallons – Scotland’s Secret WW2 Fuel Depot
In any war, being able to maintain fuel and supply lines for critical supplies is of utmost importance. Being able to store necessary resources and…
Four Titles in The Images of War Range From Pen & Sword
Summer is fading in my part of the world, making this a good time to consider some of the military hardware books in the Images…