Battle of Waterloo – that changed Europe’s destiny – Statistics!
Two hundred years ago, Napoleon, aged 46, escaped from Elba and reached France where he mustered his old army of 123000 men. He dethroned the…
Battle of Waterloo soldier causes controversy
Before World Wars One and Two when Germany pitted itself against the Allies, Germany had in fact been an ally of the British during the…
Waterloo: The Movie That Used 15,000 Real Soldiers as Extras
The 1970 war flick Waterloo was a modest film, to say the least. It had quite well-known stars in its cast and won a number of awards upon…
True story: Helicopter pilot who saved my life & the lives of almost 80 Marines forty years ago.
When a violent Khmer Rouge regime under the leadership of Pol Pot overthrew the Khmer Republic government, backed by the US, Cambodia was in the…
Look! 8 Overlooked WWII Movies That Are Really Good
Watching WWII movies has become a tradition during Memorial Days with classics like The Great Escape, The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan included in the group of the commonly…
The Canadians in Normandy – 19 Pictures You May Not Have Seen Before
René Corby, a Canadian soldier of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division at Capriquet on July 8th 1944 Canadian Provost Corps guarding prisoners that fought in…
Kursk – The German Pictures of the Biggest Tank Battle in History
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union…
URGENT: 3 Churchill tanks to be scrapped if not sold
A UK Cromwell tank owner has reported: that 3 Churchill tanks from the Haltern range in Germany are to be cut up in the next week if…
Cold war hospital bunker open for tours
Cold War relics dot European, Russian and American landscapes, but none more so than a German surviving hospital bunker that had been created to use…
Liverpool teenager turned 16 and survived Nazi U-Boat attack on same day
[Via] A Liverpool local teenager is the only known person to have had a 16th birthday aboard a supply ship that was bombed by a…
Chinese war veteran finds bullet in stomach after 70 years
[Via] A Chinese war veteran has discovered that still has a bullet lodged in his stomach after 60 years. Duan Zhicai, who is now 94,…
D-Day invasion stripes in 35 images
In World War II fighting could be confusing, as you might imagine. It might be difficult to decide if a plane, tank or ship was…