6 Ways the Victorians Made Better Guns
The late nineteenth century saw huge steps forward in firearms technology. Many fundamentals of modern weaponry were created in this period. Even among the top…
Top 5 Overly Complicated Guns (Watch)
Some guns are famed for their elegant simplicity, but some are notorious for their complexity. In this video, we take a look at five firearms…
The Gulf of Tonkin – How The US Worked Its Way Into The Vietnam Conflict
Ten years after the disastrous defeat of the French Army in its former Asian colony of Indochina, the divided Vietnam once again captured the world’s…
Little-Known Military Machines: Britain’s WWII Heavy Assault Tank – The Tortoise
The British designed a tank especially for use in World War 2: The Heavy Assault Tank aka Assault Gun aka the Tortoise. However, this tank…
Ghosts of Time: 10 Incredible Pictures of Normandy 1944 and Now Combined!
Haunting images take you back to Normandy 1944, combining historical photographs with their modern-day settings. You can follow Adam Surreys work on Facebook: Ghosts of Time…
Band of Brothers Wild Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron Sing A WWII Foxhole Song! (Watch)
Two of the real life Band of Brothers, best friends Wild Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron, sing “Mares Eat Oats.” William J. Guarnere (April…
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…
The Only Marine to Earn a Medal of Honor for Actions as a POW, Donald Cook Was Truly Unbreakable in the Face of the Enemy
To be clear, there have been multiple Marines who displayed inexplicable gallantry in combat warranting a Medal of Honor before they were subsequently captured. However,…
The Messenger Dog Who Saved Countless Lives At The Battle of Verdun
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…
Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group now a charity
The team behind the return to flight of Hawker Typhoon RB396 is pleased to announce the formation of the charity “Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group”. The…
Museum Finds Secret German WW2 Teleprinter On eBay
While searching eBay, volunteers for The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park found the keyboard from Hitler’s Lorenz cipher machine, used to send coded…
Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day 3 June 1940 (Watch)
Dan Snow gives us a day-by-day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On June 3rd, 1940 – the evacuations are winding down…