Bradley remains the land fighting vehicle of choice for US Army
The US Army’s land fighting vehicle is the Bradley and it has remained so for more than forty years. When it was first in use…
Pockets of Unionist resistance revealed in the Confederate south during Civil War
The United States’ Civil War is well known to have a strong division between the northern Unionists and the southern Confederates. But in reality, the…
Idaho makes use of World War Two parachutes
In 1948, just three years after the end of World War Two, the Idaho State Government found a unique but fitting use for old World…
Nazi commander’s 1961 televised criminal trial retold
The Eichmann Show is a new BBC drama televised as part of the British TV channel’s Holocaust season on the 70th anniversary of World War…
World War One Commonwealth soldiers’ memorial vandalised outside London
A World War one memorial in Woking, about half an hour south of central London, has been vandalised. The memorial is Woking’s dedication to the…
Holocaust survivor forgives captors and informally adopts Nazi grandson
Eva Mozes Kor is a Holocaust survivor who is now 80 years old and lives in Indiana in the US. She is a campaigner for…
Winston Churchill– a fitting send-off remembered 50 years on
It is 50 years since Winston Churchill died this year. He was 90 at the time and died at his home in London’s Hyde Park…
Criminal trial of Nazi, Adolf Eichmann, recreated for modern TV drama
The Nazi criminal trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 was the first of its kind to be televised, and exposed the brutality and devastation of…
War in the Gulf: 24th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm
2015 is the 24th anniversary of the first Gulf War known as Operation Desert Storm. Looking at the situation in the Gulf region prior to…
The Murton brothers who died on the same day at Loos in World War I
On October 13, 1915 brothers Ernest and Bertie Murton died fighting with the Norfolk Regiment in the Battle of Loos. Ernest, the elder of the…
New TV drama tells story of 1960s Nazi criminal Eichmann trial
A new BBC TV drama is to tell the story of the 1960s Nazi criminal trial of Adolf Eichmann, which was filmed by a TV…