Bad Leadership, Old Tactics, and Modern Hardware Cause Carnage on the Eastern Front in the First World War
The Brusilov offensive was Russia’s greatest military triumph of World War One, but also the scene of one of that nation’s most misguided and disastrous…
The Loyal Messenger Dog Who Saved Countless Lives At Verdun In WW1
A courageous World War I war dog was widely hailed a hero, after battling bravely through no man’s land to deliver a life-saving message to…
The Day That The USA Invaded Russia And Fought The Red Army
The US Armed Forces and the Red Army, although great rivals, only once met in battle. Even though during the Cold War a number of…
Tank Hero Discovered 100 years On
A chance discovery in a church has revealed the identity of one of the first ever tank crewmen to be killed in action. Cyril William Coles…
It Looks Like the Wreckage of a German WW1 Battle of Jutland U-Boat Has Been Found
JD-Contractor A/S, a Danish diving contractor, has located a wreck off the coast of Jutland that it believes is UC-30, a German minelaying submarine that…
The Extraordinary Life of Merian C. Cooper – Forgotten Hero of Two Nations… And Creator of King Kong
Chasing a Dream Merian C. Cooper was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. He was the youngest of his siblings and at the age of…
100 Years of The Most Romantic Item That Survived From The First Tank Attack in History
Possibly the most romantic item that survives from the first tank engagement of all time is turning heads 100 years after it was created. The…
It may Look Funny To Us, But This WW1 Contraption Was the Ancestor of Modern Body Armor
Photo Credit: Soviet Gun Archives Many people believe that the wearing of metal armor when going into battle ended long ago when the knights on horseback…
Albert I, King of Belgium: He Fought in the Trenches During WWI, And His Queen became a Nurse
Belgium didn’t have the best luck during either World War, but they were fortunate enough in WWI to have a King who had absolutely no…
Military Innovations From WW1 Which Changed the Face Of War Forever
The First World War saw incredible technological leaps forward. Though the fighting on the Western Front ground down into a terrible, soul-destroying mess, leaps forward…
“They did their duty, and they did it thunderingly well” – The 22nd Cheshires at the WW1 Battle of Mons
By Cheshire Military Museum for War History Online The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. It was…
Colonel Redl: The Spy Who Destroyed the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Alfred Redl was a walking contradiction ― a splendid military career crafted by pure ambition and a sense of duty, opposed to the high treason…