I’ve Been SLIMED! – U.S. Navy Replicating Hagfish Slime for Defense
Hagfish have an interesting method to avoid being eaten. When threatened, they can exude a slime that fills the mouths and gills of their attacker.…
Panzer Hunters – Soviet Anti-tank Guns of WWII with Photos
Soviet anti-tank guns played a crucial role in confronting German equipment on the Eastern Front of the Second World War, called the Great Patriotic War…
If the Cold War Went Hot, the Skies of WW3 Would Look Like This
The Cold War wasn’t really a “war,” but an intense era of conflict between Russia and the USA that lasted nearly 50 years. Yet, there…
Best Field Marshall of WW2? Montgomery in Video & 33 Pictures
Monty, or the “Spartan General” as he was nicknamed, was described as a man with no diplomacy skills due to his directness. However, he remains…
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo – UK Tour: September – November 2018
Following a highly successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful embarks on an exciting West End run and UK Tour. Commemorating the…
CRAZY: The U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over the Captured Spy Ship USS Pueblo
On January 23, 1968, a run-down environmental research ship was conducting oceanographic studies when it was surrounded by North Korean naval forces, which demanded its…
Strange but True: Former Russian Officer Was One of the Union’s Great Leaders in the Civil War
Ivan Turchaninov was born in 1822 in the Don River region of southern Russia, and graduated in 1841 from the Imperial Military School in St.…
Super Weapons That Ended the Reign of Knights
It is without a doubt that weapons, since time immemorial, have the most effective tools in winning wars. In the Medieval Ages, the strength of…
Are Soviet Subs the Best in the World? Let’s Look at the Facts
All countries think that their military equipment is the best in the world, but these three Soviet submarines can undoubtedly lay claim to being the…
Russian War Story Proven to be a Fabrication
War propaganda is rampant wherein the popular imagination is considered, and at least for western audiences, it really is only in recent years that war…
History’s First Tank? The Highly Effective Hussite War Wagon
The Hussite war movement didn’t terrify its opponents solely because it represented a break from the Catholic church: the manner in which the movement went…
Stalin’s Organs – The Iconic “Katyusha” Rocket Launcher with 25 Photos
On July 14, 1941, near a defensive site of the 20th Army in the forest east of Orsha, Captain Ivan Flerov’s battery attacked German positions.…