“Prior to the age of muskets, kings and princes often personally lead their armies into battle. Predictably, a number of these fighting monarchs would be struck down in action.” IT WAS 1700…
The Atlantic Wall – 11 Key Facts About the Nazi Defences at Normandy
“Although one of the most impressive engineering feats of modern times, British, American and Canadian troops breached the seemingly impregnable Nazi defences along a 80-mile stretch of French coastline at Normandy in…
D-Day Wasn’t History’s Only June 6th Battle
Brace yourselves, history fans. With the approach of the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Normandy Invasion this Friday, the media is a-buzz with D-Day backgrounders, retrospectives and first-hand accounts from those who were…
How Foreign Conscripts Helped Hitler Defend ‘Fortress Europe’ on D-Day
(Originally published in MilitaryHistoryNow.com on June 6, 2012) ONE OF THE ironies of the June, 1944 Normandy campaign is that Third Reich, a regime so deeply obsessed with racial purity, would defend…
D-Day 1943? – Three Allied Plans to Invade France Long Before Operation Overlord
“How might the course of the war (and history itself) have unfolded differently had these generals had their way? No one can be sure, but here is what the Normandy campaign might…
Permission to Come Aboard — Four Surviving WW2 U-Boats You Can Actually Visit
“Today, only five U-boats remain and four of them are open to the public. So where can you visit these fascinating relics?” GERMANY PUT NEARLY 1,250 U-boats to sea in World War…
Monumental Uproar — Korean War Memorial Has Some Vets Seeing Red
There were no UH-1 Huey choppers in the Korean War. Nor were there F-16 Falcon jets or GIs in kevlar helmets and body armour for that matter. Yet likenesses of all of these things…
Military History in 100 Objects – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
In this latest edition of Military History in 100 Objects, we’re taking a look at three legendary vehicles from wars past and providing details on where you can visit them today. So start your…