Development of the Awe-inspiring Triple Walls of Constantinople
The great city of Constantinople was one of the most impressive and impregnable cities in the world for over 1,000 years. It retained the glory…
Top 10 Luftwaffe Airplanes
The Ace Fighter cult came to prominence during the First World War, which was the first conflict that utilized the use of aircraft in a…
The Only Known Recording of Hitler’s Normal Speaking Voice, As He talks to Marshal of Finland Mannerheim
The Hitler and Mannerheim Recording is a recording, made in secret, of a conversation between Adolf Hitler and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in 1942. Thor…
The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes
Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably the best night…
Pegasus Bridge the Movie – the Brits own ‘Band of Brothers’? The director tells us more
Historically, some of the best war films ever made have been British. That kind of ended when Hollywood stepped up and dominated the film and…
Adolf Eichmann’s Holocaust Guilt Proved During 1960s Trial
Adolf Eichmann was one of the high-ranking Nazi party’s officials. He survived the war and fled to South America where he evaded capture until the…
Veteran Dambuster Turns 94
The final surviving member of the World War Two 617 Squadron that undertook the infamous Dambuster raid has celebrated his 94th birthday. George Johnson is…
The Original Memphis Belle B-17 Undergoes Restoration
The famous Memphis Belle, a B-17 World War Two bomber, is undergoing a major restoration project at the National Museum of the United States Air…
How Climate Change Helped the Swedes March Across A Frozen Sea And Defeat The Danes
It all started in 1655 during the Second Northern War. Sweden was fighting against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, the Habsburg Monarchy, Denmark-Norway, and sometimes,…
Humanity and Compassion in WWI: The Christmas Truce and Friendship at Gallipoli
It is an amazing testament to the true goodness of humanity that even in the throes of battle, compassion can rise in the hearts of…
Battle of the Bulge – A Punch In The Gut
Just before The Battle of the Bulge, Allied officers drew an eighty-eight-mile line through the forests, hills, and ravines that make the region called The…
World War One nurse revealed as a spy
The truth behind a hero World War One nurse executed by a German fire squad for being a spy has been revealed for the first…