Reenactors in Normandy: A Pleasure or a Pain? Time to Raise Their Game?
Every year, thousands of re-enactors from all over the world descend on Normandy for the first week of June. They fill up campsites and town…
The Cromwell: The Fastest British Tank of WWII
A bulkhead with access holes separated the hull gunner and the driver from the fighting compartment. The tank Cruiser Mk.VIII “Cromwell” is a British medium…
Classified: The New Boeing High-Tech Autonomous Fighter
The BATS plane is primarily intended, in its wingman role, to protect against electronic attacks With every passing year, items of technology once confined to…
Did You Know That Charlie Chaplin Was Hated & Ridiculed For Not Enlisting in WW1
Charlie Chaplin was ridiculed and denigrated when he didn’t volunteer to fight in the First World War. It was only after his death that the…
Rare WW2 Japanese Tank To Run At Tankfest 2019
A Type 95 Ha-Go tank, used by Japan during the Second World War, will be running in the arena at TANKFEST 2019. Only two operational…
Did You Know Michael Caine is a Korean War Veteran?
On his very first night, he witnessed a Chinese attack on a position to his left. Michael Caine is one of the most well-known and…
Wacko But True: The Baboon Who Served in WW1
Due to the baboon’s superior hearing and night vision, he was able to warn the troops about approaching enemies. Of all the animals likely to…
The Flying French: The Nieuport Fighting Scouts of WWI
The Nieuport fighting scout series of planes were among the more successful and influential designs of the First World War. The Nieuport Company Nieuport was…
Genghis Khan: A Visionary Leader or a Brutal Conqueror?
Genghis Khan also encouraged philosophers, mathematicians, scientists and artists from all over the empire to meet and work together. Genghis Khan is one of the…
The Accountant Of Auschwitz : The True Story Of The Third Reich
He didn’t dream of being a soldier or a flying ace and was happy with his desk job. Oskar Gröning was 94 years old when…
Tolkien’s War: Mordor Was Born in WW1
After getting married in 1916, Tolkien was then sent to the Western front in France a few months later, just in time for the Battle…
“Join the Navy, see the world!” Only After we Have Kidnapped You of Course
Groups of ten to twelve sailors or soldiers would roam port towns and cities looking for men to press into naval service. “Join the Navy,…