Ticking Time Bomb? The Mines At Messines -Over 1 Million Tons of Explosives-, 20 Detonated, 5 Remain, Waiting…
In 1917, the world was engulfed in war. For the first time, the economics of industry had been applied to warfare on a huge scale.…
The Youngest Soldier In WWI Was A Serbian Boy, Aged 8
Momčilo Gavrić was the youngest soldier in the First World War. He was born in May 1st, in 1906 in a village near the town of Loznica in…
Breathtaking Drone Footage Flying Over The First World War Battlefields Of Verdun
In this Drone footage by Gauthier Lefebvre we will take a look at battle for Verdun as we’ve never seen it before. We fly over trenches, inside…
First Indian Army Soldier To Be Awarded VC Was The Only Man of His Team to Survive the German Onslaught at Ypres
It is a scene often played out in the movies. Wounded and overrun by superior enemy numbers, the only option was to feign death and…
The Stories Behind 10 Soon to Be Forgotten War Songs
Every war needs a song, we have collected ten songs from the past 300 years that were popular in war. A trip down memory lane!…
Watch The Tank Museum Tiger 131 In Battle As You’ve Never Seen It Before!
There is one thing you can count on during the Tank Museum’s annual Tank Fast, Tiger 131 will make it’s appearance. It will be showcased…
80th Anniversary Flight of the Spitfire
On 5th March 1936, a little four year old girl accompanied her parents and her two younger brothers on a grand adventure. It was nearly…
Antique rifles discovered in Northern Ireland
Members of the Orange Order have discovered 10 antique rifles that have been stashed away in a cupboard for over 100 years. The cupboard where…
New World War One memorial park to be built in Washington, D.C.
Fundraising is underway in Washington, D.C. to raise money to build a new World War One memorial in the capital. Even though over 100,000 of…
World War II Female WASP Pilot Was Proud to Serve Her Country
Larned, Kansas, native Lucile Doll Wise knows better than most what Women’s History Month – she was part of history, during WW II. Wise was…
732 Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ preserves Western Christianity
Few Empires emerged as quickly as that of the Muslim Caliphates. Bursting out from Saudi Arabia in the mid-7th century, the Islamic Caliphate swarmed outward…
Stunning Video: Low Fly Pass Of Bolivian Curtiss Commando Before Its Fatal Flight
In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will hear the roaring sound of a couple of Radial Piston engines R-2800’s and see impressive footage of an…