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…
13 Roles Soviet Women Filled in WW2
As they started running out of manpower, many nations in the Second World War turned to their womenfolk to staff their war machines. In most…
The Heat Is On! Tankfest 2018
Friday is now heralded as rehearsal day with a limited program in the arena. It was possible to have a choice of spots to snap…
US Armored Recon – M8 Greyhound with 30 photos
Armored warfare excelled during the Second World War, and the future seemed to be written on the turret of a tank. But still, technology was…
Stonewall Jackson’s Early Masterpiece – The Shenandoah Valley
The 1862 battle of Shenandoah Valley ranks as one of the grandest masterpieces of military history. The Shenandoah Valley situated in Virginia and bounded to…
Disaster in the East – 1915 Winter Offensive Against Russia
At the start of 1915, the Central Powers had high hopes for the Eastern Front. By launching massive attacks early in the year, they hoped…
Barbary Pirates and White Slavery
The term “Barbary’ is an adjective that refers to the inhabitants of the coastal regions of North Africa. The ethnic group indigenous to this region…
War & Peace – Is Man Prone to War Naturally?
An ongoing debate exists as to whether humans are innately aggressive creatures prone to warfare and violence, or if they only become that way as…
Faithful to the End – Service Dogs that Defied the Germans
In the Ukrainian village of Legezino in the Cherkassy region, there is a monument to “Heroes of frontier guards and their dogs.” It is devoted…