Germany Pledges Over €550 Million to Holocaust Survivors
An organization that negotiates for compensation from the German Government has announced that the Government will provide €564 million ($662 million) to aid Holocaust survivors…
Hanks and Spielberg ‘Masters of the Air’ to Start Filming
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, who teamed up to bring the much-acclaimed Band of Brothers to life in 2001, are teaming up again to bring…
Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix Team Up for New Napoleon Epic Movie
Was there ever a General more suited to the epic Hollywood treatment than Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican master strategist who won the crown of France…
“Big Lizzie” met 2 Russian Blackjacks Last Week off the Coast of Scotland
British warship HMS Queen Elizabeth – also known as “Big Lizzie” – docked at Portsmouth last week, following a close shave with Russian jets. Where…
Proposed “D-Day Land” Attraction in Normandy Opposed by Veterans But Loved by Others
Are French businessmen planning to “Disneyfy” the D-Day landings? That’s the charge being levelled at a group of creatives wanting to open a multi-million dollar…
Can We Really Believe That the Days of Jet Fighter Pilots are Numbered?
Recently, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) matched an Artificial Intelligence program against an F-16 pilot with the codename “Banger,” in a series of…
Documentary Claims a Sub May Have Caused the Sinking of the Ferry MS Estonia
Foreign Ministers from the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland, and Estonia, issued a joint statement this week that they would be assessing the new evidence…
UC-47, Surveyed After a Century Lying on the Bed of the North Sea
On the 18th November 1917, German submarine UC-47 was sunk by the Royal Navy. She lay quietly on the North Sea floor until surveyed for…
Navy Unveils a New 650-Round Ammo Backpack, Named ‘Avenger’
The US Navy has distributed new ammo backpacks, named ‘Avenger,’ to troops out in the field, though the Navy has refused to comment on the…
Being a WWII Historian WW2TV Show – October 12th
In 2016, in a Guardian article titled ‘Big Books by Blokes about Battles – Why is History Still Written Mainly By Men?”, Sir Antony Beevor…
Lawmakers Make Way for Army Hero to Receive Medal of Honor
Sergeant Alwyn Cashe gave his life in service to his country during the Iraq War in 2005. On October 17th of that year he was…
Defy The Covid Gloom With Four Books From Pen & Sword Stable – Review by Mark Barnes
Our reviewer sorts out the mess in his ‘to do’ pile after a difficult few months. [Where were we? Oh yes, I remember; I review…