Battle of the Metaurus: Nero saves Rome
The Carthaginians made many mistakes during their ill-fated Punic Wars with Rome. In the first two, they fought wars of attrition against the most stubborn…
Inside the Chieftain’s Hatch: M56 Scorpion Part 2 – By World Of Tanks
Part 1 of the two-part tour of the M56 Self-Propelled Anti-Tank gun. The M56 SPG was intended to support airborne units as a light tank…
10 Things You Must Know How Hitler Came to Power
Before he was the Fuhrer, he was a Gefreiter in the Imperial German Army, a rank equivalent to Lance Corporal. Before he was a nationalist,…
The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum
Most boys were content with plastic model kits and watching TV shows like Combat! and The Rat Patrol, but not Rob Lowden. Lowden’s collection is…
A Bridge Too Far: The Battle for Arnhem – At A Glance
Operation Market Garden was one of the boldest moves by Allied forces in the Second World War. The ambition shown in this plan proved greater…
Joseph Medicine Crow, The Last Crow War Chief In WWII, Died Age 102
On Sunday, April 3rd, 2016, Dr Joe Medicine Crow, the last of the Montana war chiefs, has passed away at age of 102. He was…
Storming Through Enemy Trenches in Iraq, Marine Chontosh Went After The Enemy With Their Own Weapons
Once the bullets start flying and explosions ring out, one often has but seconds to interpret the battlefield and take decisive action if they are…
What Do You Get When You Cross a T-34 with a Mig 21? (Watch)
A company from Hungary mates two MiG engines with a Soviet T-34 tank and proceeds to extinguish the worst sort of raging oil-well fire. The…
Top 5 Battle Rifles (Watch)
A Battle Rifle is the name used for a select-fire rifle that fires a full caliber cartridge. They were important weapons during World War II…
5 Very Different Experiences: The D-Day Beaches
The experiences of Allied troops landing on D-Day were very different. The paratroopers scattered by poor weather across hundreds of miles of countryside faced different…
28 Fanastic Saving Private Ryan Behind The Scenes Images
Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film set during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom…
The Not-So-Great Escape: German POWs Biggest POW Breakout Happened just two days before Christmas 1944
Tunneling through walls, or through cement flooring. Dissolving metal bars with salsa, or the rough end of a nail file. A simple, quick slip through…