Changing History – China Revises Start Date of Second Sino-Japanese War
China’s Ministry of Education has ordered changes in all history and school books, changing the start date of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against…
10 Things That Went Badly Wrong on Omaha Beach
It is widely known and accepted that the landings on Omaha Beach on D-Day were something akin to a disaster, everything that could go wrong…
10 Underhanded Ways The Spanish Franco Regime Aided Hitler And The Axis Powers in WWII
Most histories of the Second World War tell the same story of the clash between the Allied and the Axis powers. German and Italian forces…
Remembering the Bataan Death March – April 9, 1942
“We’re the battling bastards of Bataan; No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam. No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces, No pills, no planes,…
Fighting Filipinos: Philippine Resistance Against the Japanese Occupation
Did the Japanese really conquer the Philippines during the Second World War? Well, they certainly defeated the American and Filipino forces following the fighting that…
10 Things That Went Badly Wrong on Omaha Beach
It is widely known and accepted that the landings on Omaha Beach on D-Day were something akin to a disaster, everything that could go wrong…
NELSON’S BAND OF BROTHERS – Review by Mark Barnes
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson possessed a genius for naval warfare and remains a towering figure of his age. His victories at the Nile, Copenhagen and…
NAPOLEON ON CAMPAIGN – Review by Mark Barnes
When he strode down the gangplank of HMS Hecla at Balaclava on 8th March 1854, Roger Fenton was in the vanguard of an arts movement…