Just over 75 years ago, the world’s loudest ever aircraft took to the skies for its first test-flight. When the US Navy…
Eric Bryan examines the only gun tractor small enough to fit inside the hold of a Junker Ju 52 aircraft. Popularly named the…
Since the advent of the modern press, newspapers and journals have dispatched their reporters to the seat of war in pursuit of…
Food in the trenches of the First World War was scarce. Rations were measly, meals repetitive, and hunger often the companion of…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
As the Luftwaffe’s air superiority began to wane in 1943, various schemes were put in place to try and stop the Allies…
Michael MacCallan’s grandfather Arthur was an ophthalmic surgeon. He helped convert Travelling Ophthalmic Hospitals into WWI military hospitals for the support of…
There has been a recent surge in the number of revisionist dramas dealing with Nazi occupation. The most recent of these is…
Mark Bryant studies the torrent of satirical cartoons, both French and British, which emerged during the Scramble for Africa between 1881 and…
Following the popularity of our Summer Events Guide, we bring you all the best shows, lectures, and living history weekends coming up this Autumn. Birmingham…