Archaeologists May Have Found the Oppressive Fortress of Acra under a Parking Lot
The Acra fortress in Jerusalem was quite unique in that it was not intended to protect the city directly, but built as an oppressive fortress…
Controversial Top Gear Stunt Near Cenotaph Won’t Air
Top Gear will not show controversial footage of host Matt LeBlanc and a professional driver doing doughnuts near the Cenotaph war memorial in London.Co-host Chris…
Lone Pine Memorial Service To Go Ahead
Lone Pine was one of the most famous battles of the Gallipoli Campaign fought by Australian and New Zealand troops. The battle was named for…
WASP Elizabeth Strohfus Dies Age 96
Elizabeth Strohfus, a pilot who flew military planes across the country during WWII, died on March 6, 2016, at the age of 96. The recipient of…
Reporting The Second World War – Review by Mark Barnes
This is a book after my own heart. I left it sitting on the shelf for a bit too long as I waded through other…
George Kennedy – War Hero and Movie Star Died Age 91
Tall, muscular and fair-haired, George Harris Kennedy, Jr. was born into a show business family on the 18th February 1925 in New York. He died at…
An Island Too Far: The disastrous Sicilian Expedition
Sparta and Athens fought the epic Peloponnesian War over several decades, which involved massive battles on land and sea, it saw one of the first…
German U-Boats Surfaced Off Nags Head, And Watched Americans Partying On The Beaches.
One of the oddest things about World War II is the history that we have all forgotten. Perhaps forgotten is the wrong way to think…
When The Allies Attacked Oran And Were Annihilated By Vichy French Soldiers
After the fall of France during WWII, a puppet regime was established, with its administrative center in the town of Vichy, declaring itself The Vichy…
Watch: Lockheed AC-130U Gunship Live Firing!
The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed ground attack aircraft currently in service with the United States Air Force. It is a variation of…
5 Epic retreats in Military History
Can a retreat ever be considered a success? Most are a sign of failure, as armies pull back from the objectives they seek to take…
Watch This Eurofighter Typhoon And Spitfire Fly Together, From The Ground & From Tyfoon Cockpit!
See Britain’s Fighters – The Typhoon And The Spitfire Flying Together – Watch From The Ground And From The Typhoon’s Cockpit! Remember the aircraft that…