Tiger Day Autumn and its sister event, Tiger Day Spring, are dedicated to Tiger 131, a German Tiger I tank that was captured ...

Buckler’s Hard is a small riverside hamlet in New Forest, and it was once one of the busiest private shipyards of the 1700s.

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A napalm strike erupts in a fireball near U.S. troops on patrol in South Vietnam, 1966 during the Vietnam War.

The Leopard I was one of the most iconic tanks of the Cold War, with numerous variants developed for service outside of Europe. One was the AS1, which served with the Australian Army for some three ...

Japanese intentions to invade mainland Australia during World War Two have long been the subject of passionate debate amongst historians worldwide. Some scholars are convinced that the Japanese had ...

The USSR's Duga Radar system was designed to serve as an early warning system against Intercontinental ballistic missiles. It was dubbed the "Woodpecker." ...

The Blohm & Voss BV 141 was a German reconnaissance aircraft that featured an asymmetrical shape. Despite not entering operation, it did fly.

Under the direct control of Frederick William I during his reign was a military regiment filled with giant soldiers. Officially they were called “The Grand Grenadiers of Potsdam,” but they would ...

The Battle of Osoweic Fortress has become known as the 'Attack of the Dead Men' for the appearance of Russian troops after a gas attack.

Since the birth of the USA on July 4, 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, the country has been at war for 93% of its existence. It all started with the American War of Independence from 1775 to ...

Located between Switzerland and Austria, the country of Liechtenstein is one of the world’s smallest nations. Its current ruler, the constitutional monarch His Serene Highness Prince Hans Adam II, has ...