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5 Weapons Responsible For The Deaths Of The Soldiers Who Used Them

Throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries, military technology has advanced considerably. Along the way, that evolution has taken some disastrous turns, particularly several weapons which proved…

How Tanks Decided The First And Second World Wars

The concept of a military tank was not particularly new in 1916. However, the ability to move troops safely through combat territories with a vehicle…

The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From World War One And World War Two

Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…

The Tank Museum: The World War One Tank Crew’s Face Mask And Helmet

This is a tank crew face mask, which would have been issued to every member of a tank’s crew to protect his face and particularly…

10 of the Biggest UK War Cemeteries in Europe

Europe is filled with war cemeteries and memorials commemorating the millions of lives that were lost during both World Wars. These sites have become tourist…

Some of the Most Effective Melee Weapons of WWI, The Bayonet Was Not One of Them

WWI was a terrifying fusion of old and new. An infantryman might have a slower-firing bolt action rifle, or he could find himself behind a…

Amazing Pictures – The Lost Tommies in Colour

In 2011 a team of researchers, led by Australian journalist Ross Coulthart, made an incredible discovery. They uncovered a collection of hundreds of photographs from…

Breathtaking Drone Footage Flying Over The First World War Battlefields Of Verdun

In this Drone footage by Gauthier Lefebvre, we will take a look at the battle for Verdun as we’ve never seen it before. We fly over…

The Much-Reviled Sir Douglas Haig May Have Been The Best Man For a Terrible Job

Lieutenant George: Great Scott sir, you mean, you mean the moment’s finally arrived for us to give Harry Hun a darned good British style thrashing,…

How An Explosion In Northern New Jersey Put 62,000 People Onto The Front Lines Of World War 1

By October 1918, the 1st World War was winding down. It was clear to most observers that the Western Allies would be victorious. Life in…

The Proud Military Career Of Matthew Tinley, Doctor, Officer, And Vice-Presidential Nominee

Matthew Tinley was born in 1876 in Council Bluffs, IA.  He completed his education at Council Bluffs High School in 1894 and very soon after…

Women’s Battalion of Death: First World War All-Female Forces From Russia

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As Russia’s soldiers suffered from sinking morale during World War I, the deteriorating and unstable Russian Government threw together a battalion of women fighters in an…