Fighting for Mother England: The Australian Infantry in WW1
The Australians were ordered to attack German trenches across an exposed strip of land in broad daylight. When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany…
Valley of Tears: The Yom Kippur War
Streaming into the Golan Heights was an armored Syrian force of 1,400 tanks, supported by 1,000 artillery pieces and air power. On October 6th, 1973,…
The End of a Catholic Dream: The Jacobite Uprising of 1745
Ultimately, Charles’ invasion of England accomplished little. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 threw the entire course of British life and monarchy into chaos. Like many…
The Real War Horse: WWI Grave Saved From Development Plans
The stone is green with age and moss, tilted by subsidence and the action of tree roots, but the words remain clear with “France and…
The Breakout Star of The Great Escape: No, Not Steve McQueen!
He had lived in Israel for three years, where he carried a rifle for an oil company in the Negev Desert. He’d been a cowboy…
Did The C47 Pilots Nerves on D-Day Cause Casualties?
In order to further decrease the risk of collision, many pilots pushed the throttle forward and climbed to a height above the clouds, anywhere between…
Kiev: The Largest Encirclement In The History Of Warfare
More than 600,000 people were lost during this battle, including those who had gone missing or been taken prisoner as well as those who were…
The Maginot Line: Then and Now- From Defence to Discos!
Some of the forts were sold off to private companies and became discos, underground mushroom farms, and museums. In the 1920s France was still reeling…
The Mystery Of The Missing Billions: The Hunt For Yamashita’s Lost WWII Gold
The gold, allegedly, was then used to fund top-secret black operations conducted by the CIA over the next few decades. One indisputable fact about war…
Modern & Historic Tanks to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the Royal Armoured Corps
On 4th April 1939, in preparation for the outbreak of the Second World War, the Royal Armoured Corps was formed, bringing together all the British Army…
300 VS 2,000: The Magnificent Charge Of The British Heavy Brigade At Balaclava
When Scarlett and his three hundred cavalrymen crashed into the midst of the Russians, it was like a tornado had hit them. The battle of…
Born in 1842 The Oldest Veteran Of The US Civil War Who Lived Until 1953!
One of Hard’s uncles served in the American Revolutionary War, while some of his grandsons and great-grandsons served in the Second World War. One of…