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World of Warships Sets Sail for Holiday Season with new Update

Wargaming gives Santa’s Gifts containers to all players, lets them construct their own warship and prepares for a 24-hour charity stream to raise funds for…

Java Sea 1942 Reviewed

Mark Barnes

I haven’t seen a great many of the books in the Campaign series from Osprey, but this one from Mark Stille is easy to recommend.…

The Movie With a Mini-Gun Toting Bear

Ian Harvey

In 2017, Big Cinema House – a Russian movie studio – released what may be the most ambitious Russian action movie ever made. It appears…

‘Band of Brothers’ Actors Who Later Became Big-Time Stars

Still from 'Band of Brothers'

Band of Brothers was a television landmark that featured a star-studded cast of actors. Made in the days before movie quality, writer-led drama really took…

Last Ever Built C-47 Shredded in Congo

It was a chaotic Start of the Congo State. Until 1960, the Congo was under Belgian Colonial rule. On June 30 of that year, a…

For Sale: A Relic From one of the Most Daring Acts of Heroism in the Skies

A relic from one of the most daring and astonishing acts of heroism in the skies during World War One has emerged for sale. In…

The Home Front in Britain Then and Now – Reviewed

Mark Barnes

Christmas is coming, etc, so if you are looking for a potential stocking filler for the history buff in your life you would do well…

Air War Archive – Reviewed

Mark Barnes

The Barnsley juggernaut rolls on with yet another series of books through their Frontline imprint which offer much while being gentle on your wallet. Air…

Nine “Images of War” Books To Consider – Reviewed

Mark Barnes

It’s Black Friday where bargains prevail, so this is a good moment to dive into another pile of keenly priced books from the ever expanding…

The 7 Ton Nuclear Landmine to be Triggered by CHICKENS to Stop the Soviet Army

Ian Harvey

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…