Weald Foundation Bringing WWI Tanks to Militracks 2019
Weald Foundation are pleased to announce they will be presenting their WWI Collection of French Renault tanks at Militracks 2019 in Netherland. The event takes place…
Napoleon’s Throne Sells for More Than Half-a-Million Dollars
Along with the thrones, Napoleon ordered side-chairs and folding stools for his entourage. The story of Napoleon Bonaparte, his rise and eventual fall, are the…
Memorial for Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole: The Last of the Doolittle Raiders.
In April 2019 the last link to the fabled Doolittle Raiders from WWII was severed with the death of Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Dick Cole, who…
The Wall Street Putsch: Did Fascist Bankers try to Overthrow Franklin Roosevelt?
Butler, a Marine Corps veteran and two-time Medal of Honor recipient, was the most decorated veteran in United States history, and had no obvious reason…
The Successful Unionist Rebellion in the Heart of Dixie
It is difficult to pin many killings directly to Knight and his men, but numerous tax collectors, conscription officers, and Confederate government supporters were killed…
Lost Holocaust Victims Discovered in Brest
Brest’s Jewish community is seeking to have the site turned into the city’s second Holocaust memorial, a proposal supported by the international community. Soldiers in…
Repairs at Sea: Floating Dry-Docks of World War II
With few other ports offering facilities able to cope with such massive vessels, the American Navy got creative in its solutions. When the United States…
Morris “Moe” Berg: The WWII Spy with a .243 Career Batting Average
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor,Berg was interested in using his language skills to help the war effort. He had, after all, studied Latin, Greek,…
The Highest Award for Valor on D-Day: Is it Time to Correct this 75-year-old Injustice?
No other one-day battle in the fight to liberate Europe was as costly for Americans as that to take “Bloody Omaha”. On 6 June 1944,…
Did Stalin Suffer a Nervous Breakdown After Germany Invaded Russia?
Communists were the archenemies of all Nazis. The Soviet Union, therefore, had to be attacked and destroyed. Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the Soviet…
Soldiers Without Guns: A New Approach to Peacekeeping
The New Zealand army had developed a strong Maori culture since the First World War, so they drew on the culture’s musical nature. Haka And…
The Coded Diary of Tanya Savicheva & the Siege of Leningrad
Tanya’s mother, Mariya Ignatievna Savicheva, gifted Tanya the notebook after Nina disappeared during a bombardment in Leningrad. Reminiscent of the story of the famous Anne…