Super Weapons That Ended the Reign of Knights
It is without a doubt that weapons, since time immemorial, have the most effective tools in winning wars. In the Medieval Ages, the strength of…
Are Soviet Subs the Best in the World? Let’s Look at the Facts
All countries think that their military equipment is the best in the world, but these three Soviet submarines can undoubtedly lay claim to being the…
Russian War Story Proven to be a Fabrication
War propaganda is rampant wherein the popular imagination is considered, and at least for western audiences, it really is only in recent years that war…
History’s First Tank? The Highly Effective Hussite War Wagon
The Hussite war movement didn’t terrify its opponents solely because it represented a break from the Catholic church: the manner in which the movement went…
Today in Military History – September 25th
Today in Military History – September 25th 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge This battle was fought between the English army of King Harold Goodwinson and…
Stalin’s Organs – The Iconic “Katyusha” Rocket Launcher with 25 Photos
On July 14, 1941, near a defensive site of the 20th Army in the forest east of Orsha, Captain Ivan Flerov’s battery attacked German positions.…
Battle of Somme: 12 Inches Gained for Every Allied Casualty and Still Debated
Sometimes a war, or a particular battle, can best be understood by examining its statistics – numbers of troops, locations, climates – which can be…
Threats or Seduction Promises – How Hitler Corrupted Germany’s Youth
The Nazis treated most people Jews, Poles, Russians, the French, almost everyone who was not an Ayrian (white Germans) abominably. But when the Party wanted someone…
Today in Military History – September 24th
1925: France renegotiates its debt from WWI France tried to renegotiate its war debt of $4,000,000,000, citing that the French government could not pay without…
Wheatcroft Collection Update: Includes Finding 8 Sherman Tank Engines
The Wheatcroft Collection in the United Kingdom is a large and important collection of historical softskin and armoured military vehicles. It is one of the largest…
U-Boat Wreckage Found – Crew Claimed They Were Attacked by Sea Monster
All throughout naval history, there have tales of mysterious monsters and other such oddities reaching out from the watery abyss to claim ships and sailors…
Listen to the Only Known Recording of Hitler’s Normal Speaking Voice
Adolf Hitler was a man filled with hate, paranoia, and ludicrous notions of what his country could achieve if it became an international power. But…