Deadly Legacy of US Bombing Campaign in Vietnam War
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War some eighty-million unexploded bombs and cluster munitions remain undiscovered beneath the soil in Laos. On Thanksgiving…
Top 8 inventions & innovations of WWII
As one of the largest events in human history, World War II spawned numerous important inventions that still affect modern life. Jet engine Dr. Hans…
The Impressive Saab JAS 39 E Gripen
The Saab JAS 39E is a heavily updated version of the Swedish multi-role combat aircraft Saab JAS 39 Gripen, that is capable of carrying out…
Shinzo Abe Becomes First Japanese Premier to Lay Wreath at Australia’s Darwin War Memorial
On November 16th, 2018, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid a wreath to commemorate the fallen at Darwin’s Cenotaph, some 70 years after the Battle…
Monopoli Blues Tells the Story of War Behind Enemy Lines in Italy
Like many veterans of World War II, Sir Robert Clark was reticent about his activities during the war. He left his academic studies at Cambridge…
Facts of The Groundbreaking B-29
The American B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber entered service in 1944 and spearheaded the mass bombing campaign of mainland Japan. It then saw limited use in…
Fancy Parking an Armored Car on Your Drive? This One is For Sale
For auction is a Humber FV1611 1 Tone 4×4 armored car (PIG). These were deployed by the British army and RUC during the “troubles” in Northern…
Swiss & Swedish SS volunteers Fighting to “Save” the World From the Jews
During World War II, tens of thousands of foreign volunteers joined the Waffen-SS in what they believed was the fight to “save” western civilization from…
Instrumental in the Break Through to Bastogne, Disabling a Tank, Two 88s & Forcing the Surrender of 13 Germans
On December 26, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, Private James Hendrix was instrumental in allowing American troops to break through to the besieged…
This Dentist Died In a Japanese Banzai Attack But He Took Over 90 Enemy Soldiers With Him
The medical personnel of the armed forces are often unsung heroes. They serve and protect like every other serviceman, but are not often awarded the…
‘Mad’ Jack Churchill – The Only Man to Dispatch a German Soldier With a Longbow in WW2
John Churchill, fondly referred to as Jack, is said to have marched into battle against the fearsome Wehrmacht carrying a set of bagpipes, a basket-hilted…
Operation Harling – Cutting of Rommel’s Supplies, Sabotage in the Mountains of WW2
Sabotage played a critical part in Allied operations in the Second World War. Such operations could significantly damage the enemy’s ability to get weapons, vehicles,…