World War Zero – More Incredible Facts About The Russo-Japanese War
Sponsored Content Welcome to the second installment of our two-part series on the Russo-Japanese War sponsored by Rowan Technology, the makers of The West Point History of Warfare digital apps and textbooks. While part one of…
Water Wars – Seven Armies From History That Used Flooding as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
“Forget scorched earth campaigns. Some of history’s armies have tried to soak their enemies using man-made floods.” UNABLE TO BEST their Spanish opponents in open battle during the Eighty Years War, Dutch rebels hatched a creative (if…
Waterloo in Real-Time – MHN to Stream Virtual Reenactment of Famous Battle Online
Tune to MilitaryHistoryNow.com on THURSDAY at 11:30 a.m. CET to watch a live Waterloo 200 battle simulation. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SIMULATION LIVE CAN’T MAKE IT to next week’s Waterloo bicentennial reenactment in Belgium? Well, indie…
Steel Ships at Tsushima – Five Amazing Facts About History’s First Modern Sea Battle
Sponsored Content This is the first of a two-part series on the Russo-Japanese War sponsored by The West Point History of Warfare series of digital apps and textbooks. Watch for the follow-up instalment next week….
The Sirens of Death – 11 Amazing Facts About the Ju 87 Stuka
“The Stuka was more than just a terror weapon – its ability to deliver bombs where needed with then unheard of precision made it a potent war machine.” By GermanWarMachine.com IT WOULD BE difficult to…
“Potato Mashers” and “Christmas Crackers” — WW2 Soldiers Had More Than 20 Nicknames For Their Hand Grenades
By Gordon Rottman SOLDIERS OF ALL belligerent nations in World War Two had some form of nickname for most of their weapons. Hand grenades were not excluded from this practice. Grenades were the infantryman’s “pocket artillery” and…
