Military History
The Lancaster – Remembering Britain’s Mightiest Bomber of WW2 (and the Men Who Flew Them)
Lancasters of the RAF’s No. 44 Squadron. Avro manufactured more than 7,300 of the four-engined heavy bombers during the war years. Today, only two …
20th CenturyBody Armor of the First World War, 1914-1918
During the First World War, the size and scale of some of the weaponry produced devastating wounds and losses on soldiers. In order to provide some …
20th CenturyMost expensive Antiques Roadshow find is Faberge flower owned by army regiment valued at £1m
The most expensive ever Antiques Roadshow find has been revealed as a Faberge flower gifted to an army regiment - and valued at £1m.<p>It was taken in for valuation on Wednesday June 21 when the BBC was filming at the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley near Birmingham.<p>Simon Shaw, the show’s …
GenealogyLearn How Barbarossa Went from Pirate to Ottoman Admiral
He began his naval career as a Barbary pirate, alongside his brothers, raiding Christian coastal villages and seizing ships across the Mediterranean. …
World HistoryBBC Four - The Vietnam War, Series 1
Ten years in the making, this immersive series tells the epic story of the Vietnam War, bringing the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life.
20th CenturyMassey Air Museum
DEMYSTIFYING THE NORDEN BOMBSIGHT<p>Norden Bombsight (Mark 15, Mod. 7) - Made by Carl L. Norden, Inc.<p>Massey Air Museum has on display a Norden Bombsight …
WarThe U.S. Military's 5 Biggest Military Defeats Ever
The worst of the worst. <i>The real disaster of the campaign became apparent at Detroit in August, when a combined British and Native American army</i> …
20th CenturyDunlop's Corps - American Revolutionary War Forums
During the American Revolution, Britain fielded many military units in an effort to suppress the colonies. The Dunlop's Corps, a local volunteer …
20th CenturyDiggers' life on Western Front recreated
The centenary of the WWI Battle of Polygon Wood will include a walk re-imagining the experiences of Australian soldiers on the Western Front.
20th CenturyRadioactive object found near Nazi-era nuclear research site
A German man's metal detecting hobby makes history.<p>German police are investigating a 64-year-old man who found a radioactive metal object in …
20th CenturyInto the Mushroom Cloud
He wasn’t supposed to do it, but on May 15, 1948, Lieutenant Colonel Paul H. Fackler, commanding officer of the U.S. Air Force 514th Reconnaissance …
20th CenturyNavy vet recalls typhoon, kamikazes of World War II
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Tribune News Service) — John "Jack" Ehrbar saw the skies explode with blasts of antiaircraft fire directed at Japanese kamikaze …
20th CenturyRufus Putnam - American Revolutionary War Forums
Rufus Putnam (April 9, 1738–May 4, 1824) was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army …
20th CenturyAsia's Great and Most Famous Conquerors
They came from the steppes of Central Asia, striking fear into the hearts of the settled peoples of western Asia and Europe. Attila the Hun, Genghis …
20th CenturyThe world's first stealth fighter jet is being permanently retired — here's a look at the F-117A Nighthawk
The world's first stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk was officially retired in 2008, but remained in "flyable storage" condition. The 2017 defense budget will retire the fleet permanently, as they will be demilitarized over the next 15 years.
MilitaryQuiz: How much do you really know about World War 2?
Every schoolchild knows we won the Second World War , the Germans and Japanese lost and Hitler only had one, um, moustache.<p>But what else do you know …
20th CenturyHow Marines Held the Line At the Chosin Reservoir
Accurate Chinese snipers, the brutal cold, and a lack of food were just some of the rough aspects allied forces faced while occupying the Chosin …
20th CenturyOperation Ginny: How Nazi Germany Crushed America during a Secret World War II Raid
The OSS raid ended in tragedy during the Italian Campaign.The three rubber dinghies struggled through the rough surf in the pitch black night toward …
HistoryThe Most Important Battles in Asian History
You probably haven't heard of most of them, but these little-known Asian battles had a major impact on world history. Mighty empires rose and fell, …
HistoryChina’s forgotten Second World War
Well before it battered London, a Blitz devastated the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing, China’s temporary wartime capital. At noon on 3 May …
HistoryMightier Than The Sword: 30 Best War Books
1776<p>David McCullough, one of the most respected American historians alive today, lays out in fine detail the human story behind the fight for …
Literature5 Historic War Cannons Still Visible in NYC
<i>Castle Williams on Governors Island. Image via Flickr: Army.arch</i><p>From the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776 to the Draft Riots of 1863, a number of …
20th CenturyHow World War One observer planes paved the way for modern aviation
“Does this plane go any faster?” The pilot pushes the stick in front of him, and we start to nosedive. “No, stop, please, I was just wondering…”<p>I am in the passenger seat of a Miles Messenger, a Second World War observer plane, doing 85 knots (approx 100 mph) somewhere above Sywell Aerodrome in …
20th CenturyPioneers in the sky - Aviation in the First World War
At the outbreak of the First World War few people believed that aircraft would play a major role in the conflict. Hot air balloons had been used for …
20th CenturyIn the North
<b>Edith Wharton (1862–1937)</b><br>From <i>World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It</i><b><br>Interesting Links</b><br>“Edith Wharton’s War” (Elizabeth D. Samet,</i> …
FranceSunken WWII Graveyards in the Java Sea
The situation surrounding a number of Allied ships sunk in a series of desperate battles around what is now Indonesia 75 years ago is a mixed bag, a …
20th CenturyJack Hunter was killed in one of WWI's most brutal battles. Then the body disappeared
<b>All this for one lousy strip</b> of shiny tin. It's the first light of dawn in West Flanders, Belgium, and Private John "Jack" Hunter is crouched behind …
HistorySoldiers Demonstrate Power and Lethality in Field Artillery Exercise
<b>By Sgt. Thomas Calvert</b><p>ORO GRANDE RANGE, N.M. -- Power.<p>Power and lethality are what artillery crewmen assigned to M777 howitzers feel every time they …
MilitaryOn This Day In History: Battle of Salamis Was Fought – On Sep 22, 480 BC
Share this:<p><b>AncientPages.com – On September 22, 480 BC,</b> the battle of Salamis in the Greco-Persian Wars was fought. The place of this encounter was …
20th CenturyClosing the Back Door
<i>Jeffrey D. Wert, Hallowed Ground Magazine</i><p>THE RECKONING WAS LONG OVERDUE. SINCE THE CIVIL WAR'S INITIAL WEEKS, THE Shenandoah Valley of Virginia had …
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