HMS Royal Oak
The HMS Royal Oak was one of five of the Royal Sovereign class battleships built at the HM Dockyard in Devonport laid down in January…
War Diaries of Indian Infantry Unit
The National Archives, Ministry of Justice, UK, recently released a set of previously unseen war diaries from the Indian infantry units. The diaries illustrate the…
The 10 Biggest Misconceptions About WW1
In 1914, tensions between the nations of Europe exploded into a war the likes of which the world had never seen. For four long years,…
The Poppies and the Great War: How these Flowers Became the Symbol of WWI
As Remembrance Sunday neared, poppies, the flowers that came to symbolize the fallen of the Great War, once again doted the lapels of many in…
REMEMBRANCE: Phil Hodges shares his emotions of witnessing events in London on Remembrance Sunday.
Early on Sunday morning as the sun rose high across the green British countryside myself and the family caught a train heading for London, tired and…
War collection stolen in Sutton
A collector living on Poplar Street in Sutton had his collection of war memorabilia stolen from his home sometime during the last half of June,…
The War Series
The most acclaimed English actor, TV presenter, amateur historian, comedian and political activist, Sir Anthony “Tony” Robinson is all set for his upcoming television series…
LEE MARVIN – Review by Mark Barnes
Because I read so much military history by choice I occasionally need a break and seek out something different to perform a reboot of my…
War Memorial Defiled
After playing in a rugby game, a teenager of Pensyflog in Porthmadog of North Wales was celebrating and proceeded to get drunk and defile the…
Remembering the Teenage Soldiers of the Great War
As much as 250,000 young boys with ages under 18 enlisted in the British Army and fought in the front lines of the Great War.…
WWII’s most daring escape
Zero Night: The Untold Story of World War Two’s Most Daring Great Escape is a new book written by author Mark Felton that tells the…
The rise of virulent aboriginal Canadian snipers in World War I
Today no country can think of declaring war without having its snipers. They are now an inevitable part of any war. Most of the top…