Germany Defends Japan Against China’s Attempts at Slander
Xi Jinping, President of China, visited Germany with a bit of an ulterior motive in mind. While there to follow up on the Nuclear Security…
South Korea Returns Chinese Remains as an Act of Friendship
On March 17th, South Korea placed the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers who were killed during the Korean War between 1950 and 1953. Seoul’s defense…
Excavation of Treblinka Reveals True Horrors
For the first time ever, there have been archaeological excavations at the Nazi death camp, Treblinka. The excavation revealed undiscovered mass graves and it shows…
“Great Escape” Dick Churchill – “My Name May Have Saved My Life!”
Dick Churchill were one of the “Great Escape” tunnel’s diggers where only 3 POWs made it to freedom while the remainder 73 were recaptured and…
Lake Toplitz May Be Site of Nazi Treasure
The film Monuments Men has appeared to many as just another “based on a true story” film which will require heavy research to weed out…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 5: Rebuild of the Blocks
Starting this had made me realise how many gaps there are in my photo record. All the pictures are on film and it would be…
CHURCHILL’S SECRET INVASION – Britain’s First Large-Scale Combined Operations Offensive 1942 – Review by Mark Barnes
This book is one of a number that has a title prefixed with the name of Winston Churchill. To my mind they offer an implication…
The Massive Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944
Mount Vesuvius is among the most famous natural spectacles in the world. It is also one of the most feared. Having erupted seventy years ago,…
“Nazi War Diggers” Creates Outrage by Unearthing Dead
National Geographic has been at the forefront of education for as long as its magazine began publication in 1888. They began broadcasting their own TV…
Remembering British Soldier Hugh Lunghi, Last Surviving Participant of WWII’s “Big Three” Meetings (1920-2014)
British soldier Hugh Lunghi who acted as British PM Winston Churchill’s interpreter during his dealing with Josef Stalin and was thought to be the very…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 4: The Engines Continued
Now all the individual engines can be removed. This is best achieved by rotating the assembly to allow a vertical lift for each block. No…
BELFAST DIARIES – A Gunner in Northern Ireland 1971-74. Review by Mark Barnes
It was only a few books back I was describing the life of a man who was present in a series of pretty much forgotten counter…