Not too far away is a massive MP3 concrete tower, a German naval range-finding position, which was built by forced laborers ...

A series of holiday beaches in Devon, in the United Kingdom, were once vital training grounds that contributed to the success ...

Today, the OGH is Guernsey’s only five-star hotel. It has 60 rooms, a spa and a heated outside pool, and first-class ...

Beginning in 1962 and continuing until ’71, the US military, under the approval of President John F. Kennedy, sprayed well over 19 million gallons of herbicide and defoliants across more than five ...

The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during the Second World War. Today, it ...

The Battle of Inchon was an amphibious invasion during the Korean War, resulting in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations. The operation involved some 75,000 troops ...

The December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor was unprecedented. In reaction, scores of young men almost immediately enlisted in the services, and they came from all walks of life – many were even ...

Zone Rouge – or the “Red Zone” – is a chain of former battlefields across northeastern France that the government has cordoned off due to the many dangerous ordnance that remains from the First World ...

The Snipex Alligator is a massive anti-material rifle (AMR) that’s manufactured by XADO-Holding, Ltd. Having only recently entered service, the weapon’s only user is the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ...

In 1345, the city of Caffa was razed by a vicious pandemic, in what would, centuries later, be recognized as the first use of biological warfare in history. After successfully repelling the first ...

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 majority are likely already familiar with the fighting that took place in the Pacific Theater, but the 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific shines a whole new light on the conflict and its major ...