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Mel Brooks, One of the Funniest Men Alive, Spent WWII Clearing Land Mines

War has produced many heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. There were also some extremely funny people who…

The Sub-Machine Gun – A New Kind Of Weapon For A New Kind Of War

Andrew Knighton

Born from Trenches WWI created a new sort of fighting. Weapons that could deliver high volumes of fire were essential to defending trenches. If they…

Landmines From The Battle of El Alamein Are Still Claiming Lives Today

Ian Harvey

The Battle of El Alamein was a critical battle in World War II which heralded the beginning of the end for the Nazi regime. Though…

10 Key Developments in the History of Cavalry

Andrew Knighton

Devastating in their impact, terrifying for both their enemies and their steeds, cavalry units have been a key component of war for most of military…

Mel Brooks, One of the Funniest Men Alive, spent WW2 clearing Land Mines

Greg Jackson

War has produced many heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. There were also some extremely funny people who…

Mel Brooks, One of the Funniest Men Alive, spent WWII clearing Land Mines

Jeff Edwards

War has produced many heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. There were also some extremely funny people who…

From The Tank Museum: Soviet Tanks At Kursk

The Soviet defenders in the Kursk salient had over 1.3 million men, 3500 tanks and 28,000 pieces of artillery and anti-tank guns plus more in…

AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle

Few Empires emerged as quickly as that of the Muslim Caliphates. Bursting out from what is now Saudi Arabia in the mid-7th century, the Islamic…

Robbery and Murder Under Cover of the London Blitz in World War Two

Ian Harvey

German Air Raids on Britain were a feature of World War II, with bombing raids concentrating on strategic ports, important manufacturing cities and the capital…

Holocaust: The Third Reich and the Gypsies

Before Hitler targeted and mass slaughtered the Jews in the Holocaust, the Third Reich first victimized the Gypsies – the Roma and the Sinti –…

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – The Curse of the Veteran

Ian Harvey

Those who survived a war are often scarred for life by their experiences. Many suffer problems, including the condition known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder…

Animated Film Shows Terror of the Korean War: Battle of Chosin Reservoir (watch)

Ian Harvey

Watch a four-minute animated short film that portrays the horrific 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir. The film was adapted from the graphic novel Chosin: Hold…