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Brand New Naval War Simulation Game – Mobile Battleship by Betterfun 

Made by a bunch of naval fanatics and hobby military historians, Mobile Battleship is finally released on the 6th of July on Google Playstore globally.…

Battle of Wake Island – All Those Who Surrendered Were Tortured, 98 Were Machine-Gunned

Elaine Smith

Before the threat of war in the Pacific and the outbreak of World War II, Wake Island was a stopping off point for vacationers aboard…

The Cu Chi Tunnels: A Dangerous Underground Warzone in Vietnam

The Vietnam War pitted North Vietnam against  South Vietnam. While the South was fighting the North, they were also fighting another group, the Vietcong, who…

Wounded, He Sacrificed Himself to Clear the way for his Platoon – James Stokes, VC

Jack Beckett

Private James Stokes’ thirtieth birthday was February 6th, 1945. On the 1st of March, less than one month later, he came to the end of…

The Element of Surprise – Totally Effective Surprise Attacks in Military History

Surprise attacks and ambushes can turn the tide of war. More often than not, the side that has the larger base of industry or manpower…

Purposely Going Down with His Ship, This WW2 Captain Saved Countless Lives And Was Awarded The MoH

Jeff Edwards

The history of war is full of various mantras that, while popular, are not always entirely accurate.  It is often said that the Marines never…

This Reindeer Battalion of WWII Was Braver than Soviets, Tougher Than Tanks

The Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive in 1944, which led to the expulsion of German forces from the northern regions of Norway, would have been severely hampered had…

UPDATED now with video: Wreckage From The USS Indianapolis Has Been Located

Expedition Led by Microsoft Co-founder and Philanthropist Paul G. Allen Used Advanced Technologies and Newly Discovered Data Wreckage from the USS Indianapolis was discovered on…

James Bond Author Ian Fleming’s Service in the British Intelligence During WWII

Ian Fleming, the author of the cult spy novel franchise centering around an MI-6 agent, James Bond, code named 007, had a history of intelligence…

Mayaguez Incident, The Last Battle of the Vietnam War, 3 Marines Were Left Behind And Executed

When a violent Khmer Rouge regime under the leadership of Pol Pot overthrew the Khmer Republic government, backed by the US, Cambodia was in the…

The Invasion of Crete: The Great Paratroop Invasion Which Was So Costly For The Germans That It Became Their Last

The age of the paratrooper arrived with the Second World War. For a brief yet significant period until the rise of the transport helicopter, paratroopers…

The Disastrous Dieppe Raid That Carved The Path For All Future Allied Landing Operations

The Dieppe Raid which happened in Northern France, in 1942, positioned itself in history as ground zero for all large-scale invasion operations in WWII conducted…