US To Return Land On Okinawa Held Since The Second World War
This month, the US military will return to Japan over 9,800 acres of land it has held on Okinawa since World War II, according to…
The Meat Grinder Of War – Why The Napoleonic Wars Cost So Many Lives
The Napoleonic Wars involved staggering numbers of men injured and killed. From 6% casualties at Fleurus in 1792 to 15% at Austerlitz in 1806. There…
Napoleon’s Imperial Guard – Elite Soldiers Who Served The Emperor
The Imperial Guard were the most famous soldiers in Napoleon Bonaparte’s army. An elite core of fighting men, they held a special place in the…
Occult And Esoteric Practices – Four Nazis With Dark Links To The Occult
There are few regimes and organizations in European history so universally condemned for their evil actions as the Nazis. Their leader, Adolf Hitler, led Germany…
Music Has No Enemies – How Music “Soothed the Savage Beast” At Normandy
Music Has No Enemies is an organization that, according to their website “…is focused on creating meaningful music and film content for socially responsible companies and…
101st Airborne – Bastogne – The Shell that Didn’t Explode
The Ardennes Offensive was a last ditch attempt by the German army to halt the Allied advance across western Europe. The plan called for a…
“Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks” – Review By Mark Barnes
Although I finally gave up model making when my then teenaged son found other fish to fry, I retain a deep love for models and…
A Nightmarish Place – The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp
The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp lies just North of Linz, in Austria. It was one of the first large concentration camps created in Nazi Germany and…
WWII Relic Hunting On The Eastern Front – Digging Up History (Watch)
In this video report of a mine detector trip, you will see several interesting relics that have been found, including several weapons, magazines, canteens and other…
Watch as Rare WWII Aircraft Share the Air: DeHallivand Mosquito and Lockheed P-38 Lightning
This video captures a unique moment in aviation history. Two of the world’s most rare aircraft dance through the sky together at one of the…
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
Every medieval English monarch had to decide how to deal with prisoners of war. Ruling over territory that sometimes ran from the highlands of Scotland…
A WWII Veteran Who Was Instrumental In The Sinking Of The Bismarck Has Died At 97
Lt Cdr John “Jock” Moffat has died at the age of 97. He was a World War II veteran who played a part in sinking…