"Operator Starsky" is the YouTube alias of a Ukrainian army officer who uses his channel to update his subscribers about what's going on in his...
YouTuber and blogger E.W. Johnson lives on Saipan where he explores the jungle looking for evidence of the battle. He has located several bomb...
Fort Driant wasn't built by the French, though they did add on to it. It was built by the Germans as Feste Kronprinz, with the initial works...
Betcha there's a nice new hole in the side of that turret...
Looks like one of the range lights on the Panama Canal... http://www.oocities.org/canallights2000/fronttowergatun.jpg [IMG]
At the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, on November 13, 1942, two Japanese battleships, Hiei and Kirishima, were loaded with the sanshiki shells in...
Has the secret component of Chobham armour finally been revealed?
While we're on the subject of carbines and recycled trademarks, It seems that fans have a way of forming into cults, and what M1911A1 cultist...
Luxembourgish Army? I lived there for a while in the mid 1970's, and the army consisted of one battalion of infantry. No air force or navy.
Now for something entirely different... [MEDIA]
Why do Swedish warships have barcodes painted on their sides? So when they return to port they can Scandinavian.
For the regunning procedure, see the description starting on 3-22 of the following document....
Heather, my father was in the 313th from September, 1944, through the end of the war. He was a platoon leader in Company I ("Item Company"). To...
This topic was discussed at length a couple of years ago in the CivilWarTalk forum. The thread includes several posts by noted Civil War...
Outsize, as in 'extra large' the definition of outsize
Looks like Jerry Yellin has another book out - The Last Fighter Pilot. Here's a short interview that's worth watching to the end... [MEDIA]
Nothing in my small collection of knives, bayonets and swords has that particular kind of wear, but it looks like it was caused by a ring....
Found this very good documentary on NHK World... Broadcast on August 18, 2017 "During World War II, Japanese-Americans formed the 442nd Infantry...
Don't be so sure... I wouldn't be surprised if a couple of props disappear tonight. And... oooh... that pristine anchor!!!
And if all of that isn't enough... [MEDIA]
