Big Guns – The Devastating Field Artillery Of WW1
Artillery was one of the most significant elements in WWI. The shattering bombardments that preceded infantry assaults led men to dig deeper and deeper into…
The Race to the Sea On Western Front In The First World War
The Western Front of WWI was fought mainly from defensive positions. They were not pre-built fortresses or border defenses. The boundary between the two sides…
The First Allied Soldier Killed By Enemy Fire on D-Day – Lieutenant Den Brotheridge At Pegasus Bridge
Lieutenant Herbert Denham “Den” Brotheridge, Commander of 25 Platoon, D Company, 2nd Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry holds an honored place in…
This Gigantic Submarine Factory Couldn’t Even Be Destroyed By The 22,000 lb Grand Slam Bomb
Erich Friedrich Michael Lackner is considered to be one of the most influential engineers of the last century. He developed a revolutionary type of concrete…
Used His Last Moments In a Burning B-24 To Sink a U-Boat – Rescued German Captain Recommended Him For a VC
Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg was awarded a Victoria Cross for destroying a German submarine in WWII. The only reason we know of his heroic deed…
5 Grand Goals Napoleon Aimed to Achieve in Egypt
The Egyptian campaign Napoleon led in 1798 was one of the greatest disasters of his career. After his fleet was destroyed by Nelson at the…
10 Facts about the German defeat at Verdun (1916)
By February 1916, the German advance into France had long since ground to halt, there was little movement on long front line and the conflict…
Malta: The Island Nation that Defied the Fuhrer
The George Cross remains one of the highest military honors that can be given in the United Kingdom. Second only to the Victoria Cross, it…
Britain’s Bomber Balloon Attacks Against Nazi Germany
Between 1942 and 1944, the British Royal Air Force and Royal Navy frequently got to bickering over a certain issue. It was, oddly enough, to…
The Real Story Of Mel Gibson’s “We Were Soldiers”, the Battle of Ia Drang
In 1954, the French decided to draw their struggles in what was once called French Indochina to a close. From then until the end of…
One of the last SS units to hold out defending Hitler’s bunker in Berlin was comprised entirely of Frenchmen
The French volunteers of the Second World War constituted an entirely separate division in the Wehrmacht and after that the Waffen-SS which consisted of units…
Lacey Lady, The B17 WWII Bomber, To Be Restored To Its Former Glory
The Lacey Lady is a World War II-era B-17G bomber. For years it sat above Art Lacey’s gas station in Milwaukie, Oregon. It was long…