The Mysterious “Plague Fort” of St. Petersburg
Not far from the famous port city of Kronstadt you can see the walls of an artificial island, called Fort Emperor Alexander or the “Plague”…
The Last U-Boat Commander Passes Away at 105
It was four months after Pearl Harbour when Kapitanleutnant Reinhard Hardegan’s submarine, U-123, torpedoed the tanker SS GulfAmerica off of Jacksonville, Florida. After the attack,…
Operation Goodwood – Good, Bad and Ugly for Montgomery
In July 1944, Allied armies were fighting the Nazi German occupiers in Normandy, northern France. They had successfully gained a foothold and were pushing inland…
Leading the Way – US Ranger Awarded Medal of Honor
Staff Sgt. Leroy Petry was on foot patrol with soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, near Paktya Province, Afghanistan, in 2008. He was…
TeT Offensive – Nightmare for Hue City
After the launch of the Tet Offensive campaign on January 30, 1968, in South Vietnam, a series of battles were fought between the southern Army…
Cold War Recon – 5 Soviet and Warsaw Pact Reconnaissance Vehicles
The Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies used a wide range of vehicles for reconnaissance during the Cold War. Main battle tanks and infantry…
Best Warriors in the World – 5 of the Top Special Forces Units
When the mission is close to impossible, and drastic measures are needed to get crucial things done in the face of huge odds, this set…
Korean War MIA Soldiers Remains Coming Home
At the beginning of June, the President of the USA, Donald Trump, met with the North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-Un, for a series of talks…
For Sale: Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance $30,000
Alvis Sabre CVR(T) runs, drives, starts and stops Jaguar J60 4.2 lt straight 6 engine. Good track 60% of life also with full set of…
Private Colonialism: The American Filibuster Who Became President
In what was a golden era for political opportunists. Filibusters seemed to thrive in the mid-19th century. The main driving aim of filibusters was imperialism,…
Desert Storm – 1st Gulf War Gets Its Own Memorial
The National Mall in downtown Washington contains different memorials to every war that the United States has been involved in. Included are the memorial to…
The Sack of Cádiz: The Cost of War
On the 3rd of June, 1596, the Anglo-Dutch fleet set sail under the command of Charles Howard and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Wessex. The…