History

Operation Atrina: The real Hunt for Red October. From 1945 onward, both the Americans and the Soviets started incorporating German-inspired...

The Tsar Bomba: The most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. The USSR was keen to show off its nuclear capabilities...

October 1940: Rise of the Wolfpack! On the 5th of October 1940, a 35 ships convoy called SC-7 assembled off...

CH-178. Back in 2008, Canadian forces operating in Afghanistan realised they lacked medium-sized strategic lift helicopters. They therefore decided to...

Louis Blériot across the Channel: 25th July 1909. 111 years ago, Louis Blériot's plane successfully crossed the English Channel! On...

Stuka in 1941: The age of Close Air Support. The Stuka was tested in very small numbers in Spain before...

One of the most sorely fought battles of the Second World War, was the fight for Kohima.

SR-71 and MiG-31: Close encounter. On the 6th of October 1986, Ed Yeilding was flying his SR-71 over the Barents...

Captain Lucas was a French Badass. Jean Jacques Étienne Lucas joined the French Navy in 1778. He was 14. From...

1886: The Torpedo Shell Crisis. 1886 saw the dawn of modern artillery and dusk of brick and mortar era fortifications....