How Archduke Ferdinand’s Assassination Almost Never Came to Be
The First World War carries undeniable weight in the way the world works today. Power distributions across the globe and the sheer existence of the…
French Rail Company Pays Reparationsto Holocaust Survivors for Transporting 76,000 Jews to Concentration Camps
The Société Nationale des Chemins de FerFrançais (SNCF) is seeking a 6.5 billion dollar contract with the state of Maryland, but it has a problem…
Another “After Storm” Find – WWII Tank Traps
Tank traps set up for the Nazi Panzer division invading from the west was bared by the recent storms that hit the English coastline…
THREE SIPS OF GIN – Dominating the Battlespace With Rhodesia’s Elite Selous Scouts – Review by Mark Barnes
The Selous Scouts were a special forces unit from Rhodesia fighting against the insurgency which led ultimately to the creation of the state of Zimbabwe…
First World War: Germany’s Forgotten War
Germany strikes back after blames that the German government tried to convince the British government not to put too much effort into organizing events to…
The Animatronic Emancipator: Animatronic Abraham Lincoln to Be Auctioned
Among the curiosities at an upcoming American Civil War Wax Museum auction, is an animatronic Abraham Lincoln which has been presiding over the museum located…
Writer Brings Eve of D-Day Invasion to Life
A Massachusetts writer has begun an interesting series of articles on the D-Day invasion based on the experiences of a fictional journalist in the camps…
The Misremembering of Vietnam
With a national program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam kicked off by Congress, one writer takes issue with five main themes other the…
Neo-Nazis hold rally honoring anti-Semitic WWII Bulgarian general
Around 300 right-wing extremists stormed Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, in a march made in honor of a pro-Nazi Bulgarian general who was known to have helped…
Hollywood and WWII: How the Finest in the Film Industry Recorded the Most Daring and Bloodiest Battles of the War
When the Pearl Harbor attack resulted to USA officially entering WWII, a few of the army’s senior officers contrived to enlist the help of the…
Stunning Take of a Diver on WWII Plane Under the Mediterranean
Diver takes stunning pictures of a WWII plane which once transported Turkish paratroopers and is now a home to tropical sea creatures under the sea.…
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE RESTORATION MANUAL – Review by Mark Barnes
Trying to write any general piece about the Spitfire without using terms like “iconic” is not easy. So there, I’ve done it and now we…