Must Read! D-Day Landings – The Numbers
Here are the numbers that tell you everything you need to know about D-Day. There were Two Mulberry Harbours: A raid on Dieppe had taught…
Top Facts – The United States Marine Corps At The Battle of Guadalcanal
One of the most famous battles in the history of the United States Marine Corps, Guadalcanal takes its name from a small volcanic island in…
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…
Invading Okinawa, The Biggest Amphibious Invasion In The Pacific
Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of the Second World War which started on April…
Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Gestapo, Who Hitler Called “The Man with the Iron Heart”
Few men in all of human history have been responsible for such monstrous acts as Reinhard Heydrich. The head of the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police,…
Nine Reasons Why The Allies Won The Battle of Britain
The most famous aerial battle in history, the Battle of Britain was a hard fought and desperate struggle to hold back Nazi Germany. Having launched…
10 Facts: The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…
8 Ways Medieval Crusaders Might Have Thought And Felt About Their Wars
A knight stands on the walls of Jerusalem, staring out at the parched land beyond the city. He is weary from weeks of travel and…
Nine Things the Movie ‘Braveheart’ Got Wrong… And One Thing It Got Right
Mel Gibson’s film Braveheart is both one of the most celebrated and one of the most reviled pieces of historical filmmaking ever. A heart-stirring and…
From The Roman Empire To The Atom Bomb – Four Military Technologies Stolen From the Enemy
In war, one side often adopts the tactics or weapons of another. A lot of the time this is a matter of small shifts, the…
Restoring Honor – The Americans Take Hill 609 in WW2 Tunisia
In most battles, the commanders are focused on proving their superiority over the enemy. But in April 1943, when American troops assaulted Axis positions on…
Eleven Military Uniforms That Got Soldiers Killed
These days, when we think about dangerous military uniforms we mean shoddily made body armor or badly colored camouflage. But far more disastrous uniforms have…