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 Two. Of those,…
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 appear in…
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 engines and read…
Flying Colours – A Short but Vivid History of Warplane Insignia
“The colourful crosses, roundels and stars that adorned early warplanes were more than just decorations.” THE ARMIES THAT MARCHED OFF TO WAR in 1914 had long since shed the flashy garb and colourful banners of the 19th…
(VIDEO) From Vikings to GIs — Centuries of History Play Out at Old Fort Niagara
MilitaryHistoryNow.com was on hand for “Soldiers Through the Ages”, a Memorial Day salute to centuries of North American history at Fort Niagara in Youngstown, N.Y. Click to check out exclusive footage of the event.
InfoGraphic — The 3,000-Year History of BioChem Warfare
This infographic comes to us from Jasmine Henriques of the career website SecurityDegreeHub.com. In it, she tracks the nearly 3,000-year history of chemical and biological warfare from the ancients’ use of sulphur and weaponized animal…
