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:

Band of Brothers Behind the Senes – 39 Fun images!

Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. The executive…

Fort Drum, the unsinkable concrete ‘battleship’ of Manila Bay

Anyone who pays a visit to Manila Bay will not easily forget the enchanting sight of the ruined concrete fort that looks as if it…

The Resolute Defense of Constantinople, 626 AD

At dawn, the leaders of the defense gazed out west from the walls of Constantinople. The two Byzantine commanders, Bonus and Sergius, did not speak…

Nuclear Powered Tank – Chrysler TV-8

In the 1950s, Chrysler designed the Chrysler TV-8 tank. It was an exciting concept at the time, as it was envisioned as a nuclear-powered tank…

A Turning Point In The Life Of Musashi, The Undefeated Samurai

Miyamoto Musashi was three hours late. This was his way. On the beach the tension in the air was palpable. Sasaki Kojiro paced up and…

“Gentlemen, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography” – The Mines of Messines, 1917

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.…

The Battle of North Cape, and the utter destruction of the Battleship Scharnhorst

It was wholly dark. In the sea north of Tromsø in Norway, the great German battleship Scharnhorst was on a mission to sink an Allied…

Pegasus Bridge the Movie – the Brits own ‘Band of Brothers’? The director tells us more

Historically, some of the best war films ever made have been British. That kind of ended when Hollywood stepped up and dominated the film and…

Admiral Nelson’s decisive victory over the French at Alexandria

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…

Single Combat At The Siege of Bayonne, 1131AD

Pedro de Lara was bored. His had lived a full life, a life of personal pride and skill at arms, of politics, wine and of…

AMAZING! German WWII Halftrack Pulled Out of a River – Incredible Condition!

Look at this amazing find that has just been recovered from the river Pilica in central Poland. This looks like it could be driven away. The level of…

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

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…