Mighty Eighth Vets: A Ball Turret Gunner & Navigator Roles in the City of Savannah Restoration
Hundreds of men and women have contributed to the restoration of the B-17 City of Savannah at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air…
Nigerian Civil War – The Ashes Linger
Hostilities in the Nigerian civil war commenced on the 6th day of June 1967; it is one of the sourest conflicts ever to (dis)grace the…
“Not Many But Much” – Foreign Pilots in the Battle of Britain, There Were More Than We Realize
“Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” This famous statement, from a speech by…
Lost and Found: WWI Hero’s Grave Located
The final resting place of Major Octavius Sidney Darby-Griffith MC, from Britain’s Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, has finally been marked 100 years after his death…
From Journey’s End to the Dam Busters – Review by Mark Barnes
I am late to the party with this one but there is no harm done. I reviewed the marvellous film adaptation of Journey’s End towards…
Keeping the Past Alive – Oral History of the U.S. Navy
The U.S. Naval Institute’s Oral History program started in March 1969 by Dr. John T. Mason, a former U.S Navy officer. Mason had conducted interviews…
The Soldier Who Came Back – Escape from a Nazi Prison Camp
“The Soldier Who Came Back” by Steve Foster with Alan Clark ‘The most audacious true story of friendship and indomitable British spirit you will ever…
Marines’ Secret Weapon in the Pacific: Navajo Code Talkers
The Navajo ‘Code Talkers’ were one of the most unrecognized groups of Native Americans involved in cryptography in military history. They used their native Navajo…
Lost and Found: Russian Pilot Missing for 31 Years
A Russian pilot who has been missing for over 31 years is believed to have been found alive in Afghanistan. Although Russia is reluctant to…
The Soviet Bomber Arsenal in Photos
The USSR’s force of long-range strategic bomber aircraft evolved out of USSR copies of the United States’ (US) B-29 strategic bomber aircraft. By the early…
Submarine Spying – Operation Ivy Bells in the Cold War
In March 2018, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank devoted to the understanding of global geo-political, military and intelligence gathering events around…
“Dogs of War” – American Infantry in WWII
The infantry was one of the largest elements of the United States Army during the Second World War. Sadly, it was also one of the…