The Battle of Belleau Wood – Brutal WW1 Face Off that saw US Marines Come Into Their Own
The Battle of Belleau Wood in France became a defining battle of World War I. For the Americans, it’s particularly significant. How come? Well before…
Lawrence of Arabia – New Video from Yarnhub
Thomas Edward Lawrence, aka “Lawrence of Arabia”, is one of the world’s best known military figures. Immortalized in David Lean’s 1962 movie starring Peter O’…
TANKFEST ONLINE – a World First – 28 June
Experience the world’s finest collection of tanks in action – for free. The Tank Museum is partnering with World of Tanks – and tank museums…
90 Years After the Suitcase was Stowed Away, it Was Discovered in 2014
In 1916, a heartbroken mother, Sarah Ambrose, placed her dead son’s personal effects into a brown leather suitcase and stored it in the attic, where…
Secret Shrine to Son Killed in WW1 Bricked up for a Century Revealed
Second Lieutenant Hubert Guy Pierre Alphonse Rochereau, the warrior son of a distinguished military family, whose ancestors had served under Napoleon, it ended for him…
History Hack – Fantastic Podcasts Beating Lockdown Blues
Timing, as they say is everything. With everyone currently at home under confinement there has never been a better time to launch a series of…
15 Images of Field Marshal Montgomery You May Not Have Seen Before
Field Marshal Montgomery is one of the defining figures of British wartime. In terms of image and influence, he ranks alongside Winston Churchill. Churchill had…
Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate – Public Asked Not to Attended, But Nightly Act of Remembrance Goes Ahead
The Last Post, the traditional final salute to the fallen, is played at 8pm each night by the buglers of the Last Post Association in…
Tsar Nicholas II’s Last Shipment of Drink Recovered From the Sea Bed
Tsar Nicholas was to go thirsty. One hundred and three years after the Kyros was sent to the seabed by a German U-Boat commander, the…
The Spellbinding Wheatcroft Collection, an Update
The Wheatcroft Collection in the United Kingdom is a large and important collection of historical softskin and armoured military vehicles. It is one of the largest…
A Sniper Hid Inside a Papier-Mache Horse in No-Mans Land
The horse was the mainstay of battle logistics in World War One, pulling munitions and armaments, transporting the sick and wounded. But they were also…
“Missing” – Review by Mark Barnes
It is to my constant regret that I didn’t begin my pilgrimage to the Great War battlefields until a few years into this century. That…