The Leopard I was one of the most iconic tanks of the Cold War, with numerous variants developed for service outside of ...

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TANKFEST 2025 is only a few days away, and the most anticipated guest at this year’s event has arrived at the Tank Museum.

The telegraph was invented, but not yet practical on battlefields While new inventions were seen on battlefields, they weren’t always appropriate. With the war being fought by global powers, ...

Left: US bombers dropping bombs on North Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder. Right: The French Naval Air Force drops napalm over Viet Minh guerrilla positions during an ambush (December 1953).

A famous Hollywood star of the 1940s, through to the ’80s, David Niven featured in numerous popular films, even taking on the role of James Bond. An actor by trade, when the Second World War broke out ...

Whenever troops are severely injured in battle, they’re extracted and airlifted to the nearest medical facility by MEDEVAC teams. These units, conducting “Dustoff” flights, as they were called, saved ...

Oleg looked to increase both land and power during his rule. Gradually, he expanded his control along the Dnieper, eventually conquering the city of Kiev. Oleg named it the capital of his newly ...

Frederick William I inspecting his giant guards known as The Potsdam Giants, a Prussian infantry regiment No 6, composed of taller-than-average soldiers. Frederick William I of Prussia, 1688 - 1740, ...

Samurai with the Chosyu clan during the Boshin War, 1860s. (Photo Credit: Felice Beato / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) At the outbreak of the Genpei War, also known as the Jishō-Juei War, in 1180 ...