History

Long Range Naval Gunnery On the 8th June 1940, the British were evacuating their forces from Norway. At the same...

The American Concrete Ship: Fort Drum, Manila Bay Built in 1909, Fort Drum was equipped with 14-inch (356 mm) guns...

The Tsar Bomba The USSR was keen to show off its nuclear capabilities and went on to detonate the biggest...

The Pz.KpfwVI Tiger-II: A Formidable Force in Berlin 492 Tiger II tanks were built. This model was meant to replace...

The Enigma Machine Introduction to the Enigma Machine Arthur Scherbius, a German engineer, invented the Enigma electro-mechanical rotor cipher machine...

The Making of a Fox: Erwin Rommel in World War I In 1917, the Austrians were facing problems in the...

The Battle of Verdun: Artillery and Stalemate The Germans massed 1200 heavy and super heavy guns to the front prior...

The Shortest Battle in History The shortest battle in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896. It lasted 38 minutes!...

Kommuna Salvage Ship: The Old Girl is Still Sailing! Laid down in 1912 and commissioned in 1915, the Kommuna is...

The Wolf, the Seagull and the Penguin: German commerce raiders! How do you attack your enemies' shipping lanes when your...