Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

Over 1 Million pounds of Explosives Remain From The Mines At Messines- 20 Detonated, 5 Remain

In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…

Sappers And Siege Engines – Ivan The Terrible Conquers The city Of Kazan

The army had been in place under the city walls for weeks. Ivan the Fourth, Tsar of all the Russians, accompanied his force in the…

A Bloody New Year – The Massive American Civil War Battle of Stones River

It was cold at the turning of the year in Murfreesboro, right in the middle of the state of Tennessee. The little town nestled under…

Vietnam sniper shot an enemy sniper through the enemy’s own scope, hitting him in the eye

Carlos Hathcock was born on May 20, 1942, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He was the only child of Carlos and Agnes Hathcock. His parents…

Victory In Battle: Nader Rose From Nothing To Become King of Kings Of The Persian Empire

Nader’s dark eyes flashed fiercely and his black beard bristled as he watched the decimated Mughal infantry crash into his center. He was stationed with…

The Unmatched Discipline Of The Prussian Army Under Frederick The Great: Leuthen, 1757

The snow muffled all sound save the moan of the wind. The winter skeletons of trees showed black against the blank canvas. Grey sky heavy…

Battleships and Cannons: Admiral Nelson Crushes the French Fleet At Alexandria, Egypt

Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, the rising star of the British Royal Navy, had been pursuing the fleet of the French Republic around the Mediterranean for the…

“Britons, Your Country Needs You” – The Watery Grave Of Lord Horatio Kitchener

One of the most iconic images from the great war of 1914-18 is the recruitment poster featuring the commanding mustachioed face of the Lord Horatio…

Nelsons Heroic Death at Trafalgar 1805

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson was the pride of the fleet, the pride of his captains and his men, and of the public at home. The third…

Changing History – William The Conqueror’s Superior Strategy At Hastings In 1066 Is One Of The Most Important Events In British History

Across a short, steep, grassy slope in the cold light of the bright October sun, two heavily armed bodies of men faced each other. They…

The last battle of the Vikings On The West Coast Of Scotland

It was the age of the Great Mongol Khans. It was the age of Byzantium, of the Holy Roman Empire. The wars of the Reconquista…

The Beginning Of The End For The Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410

For more than two hundred years the might of the Order of Teutonic Knights had been steadily growing. It was forged in 1190, in the…