When Parents Named Their Children After Famous WWI Battles
The WW I was a traumatic event in Europe. It left an indelible mark on Europeans and others around the world. The events of the…
Almost Half A Million Axis POWs Were Kept In The United States
The Germans were surprised at how many Russian POWs they had in such a short interval of time. Almost 3,000,000 people suddenly fell into their…
Battleground – Gallipoli – Anzacs The Landing – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
This is one of Pen & Sword’s hugely popular Battleground series and the fact that this book is in its second print run is testimony…
82nd Airborne War Hero Still Overlooked For Highest Military Honor
One of The United States Army’s most decorated officers of WWII is still yet to be awarded the highest military recognition for his war-time heroism.…
When Julius Caesar Was Kidnapped, He Laughed When He Heard Their Ransom Demands And Told Them To Ask More!
Long ago a 25-year-old Roman author, poet, priest, and aristocrat was kidnapped by pirates. Rather than plead for his release, however, he ordered them to…
The Battle of Kovel: Disaster Amid Russia’s Greatest Military Triumph Of WWI
The Brusilov offensive was Russia’s greatest military triumph of World War One, but also the scene of one of that nation’s most misguided and disastrous…
5 Wars in Which Drugs Fuelled the Fighting
Drugs have a long history as part of war. These days, their main role is a medicinal one, but down the centuries they have often…
For Sale: 1942 FG-1D Corsair – Bring $2,5 Million!
The Corsair was manufactured by Goodyear in 1942 under license from Vought in Akron, Ohio. It was initially to be used as a carrier-based aircraft,…
Helicopters At War! Part 1 – By The Dakota Hunter
Around 1480, before he painted the Universal Masterwork Mona Lisa, the Italian Genius Architect, Artist and Inventor Leonardo da Vinci designed flying machines. Many based on mimicking…
WWII: Gunner Fell 22,000 Feet WITHOUT A Parachute And Survived
S/Sgt. Alan E. Magee poses for the camera, halfway into the tight confines of the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [Via] Ranked among…
Want A Spitfire But Can’t Afford one? This Man Built A Flying Replica From Scratch!
Images by Bill Word Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Like many of us, Bob DeFord of Prescott, Arizona, dreamed of owning a Spitfire. Like most of us, he couldn’t…
The Day That Stuka Pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel Sank The Soviet Battleship Marat
The 20-year-old Silesian pastor’s son, Ulrich Rudel began his pilot training for the German Luftwaffe in 1936. Rudel volunteered for the new dive-bombing Stuka formations…