Britain’s Last Witch – The witch trial of Victoria Helen Duncan
[Via] The first half of 20th century is practically littered with strange stories and unbelievable occurrences including two world wars, progression in ideas and science,…
WATCH: Killer Tanks The Cromwell
War memories are sometimes teeming with amazing anecdotes, and in this video, Lindybeige recounts two of them and also talks a little about the British WW2…
A Moscow Cat not only bares the resemblance to Hitler, he has the tantrum to go with it as well [FUN]
Hitler is perhaps the only historic figure and certainly the only tyrant who never gets tired of his resurrection in modern objects. There is certainly…
Dunkirk Veterans Look Back, on 75th Anniversary of the Evacuation
[Via] The moment a Second World War veteran rode an old Norton 16H motorbike, his excitement and enthusiasm was beaming from his face. He spoke…
WIMPY – A Detailed Illustrated History of the Vickers Wellington in Service – Review by Mark Barnes
There is a tidy page on Facebook called the Aviation Enthusiast Book Club that might sound like the name of a band of posh public…
Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day – 30 May 1940
Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On 30 May 1940 the British cabinet meet…
Air Raids over the Borneo Oil Refineries by Dakota Hunter Hans Wiesman
The fascinating photo was taken from a PBY-5 operated by Australian Forces, to supply the Allied war effort in PNG in 1944/45 . As the…
The New Reich Chancellery, a look in Hitlers center of Power
In this photo series, we are taking a look at the New Reich Chancellery from it’s construction to its after-life. All pictures, except the “Afterlife”,…
49 quotes from Fury – do you remember them??!!
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened Army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and his…
LAWRENCE IN ARABIA – Review by Chris Buckham
Altruism is not a principle of war nor is it a principle of international relations and it is with this pretext that one must approach…
Dunkirk Veterans visited Paris for 75th commemoration Ceremony of the Evacuation
The Veterans from the famous Dunkirk Evacuation are getting together in northern France to commemorate the most daring rescue in military history. They will pay…
Guest blogger Dan Snow – Dunkirk: Day by Day – 29 May 1940
Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On 29 May 1940 – The British are…