They Flew A Drone Over The D-Day Beaches, The Result Brings a Whole New View to The Battlefields
On D-Day – June 6th 1944 – thousands of Allied soldiers disembarked on five beaches; Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha and Utah. It was the beginning of the end…
6 Bizarre Weaponised Vehicles From Military History
You might think that you know about all the unique military weapons that have been made to date, but human beings have a penchant for…
11 Military Uniforms That Got Soldiers Killed
These days, when we think about dangerous military uniforms we mean shoddily made body armor or badly colored camouflage. But far more disastrous uniforms have…
Action T4 – Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Programme That Murdered The Disabled and The Mentally Ill
In October 1939, Adolf Hitler signed a decree that enabled Nazi Germany to forcefully euthanize patients who they deemed were “unworthy of life”. After the…
Landing the F/A-18 Hornet On The Road – The Finns Know What They Are Doing
The Finnish Air Force trains its pilots to land on the road in case of a war in which the airbases are taken out. Not…
Veteran Returns to the Skies in B-24 Bomber
The last time Willard Hunzeker flew in a B-24, it was 1945. World War II was nearing its end, and the 22-year-old navigator was on…
The Naval Historian Who Discovered More to the Story of the Sinking of the Indianapolis
This summer, Dr. Richard Hulver, a historian for Naval History and Heritage Command, discovered new information about the sinking of the World War II cruiser…
4 Key Victories Of The Medieval World
The medieval world was scorched by endless warfare for dominance and lands. Going through the pages of history we could pick at least four battles…
Remembering Entebbe 40 Years Later
On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv was headed to Paris. The plane was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists and…
“M4 Sherman Tanks” – Review by Mark Barnes
A friend of mine has got back into model making. It is something I gave up a long time ago and only resumed for a…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: five reasons why President Truman made the right decision
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was apocalyptically awful. 70 years ago today, an estimated 90,000 people were immediately killed when Little Boy detonated 1,950ft…
5 Military Technologies Invented In WWI That We Still Use Today
The evolution of military technology is an ongoing process, and breakthroughs in new weapons and defensive systems make the news every year. However, many staples…