From Desert Storm in the early 1990s to today, the United States gained and maintained air supremacy almost immediately. Was there air to air combat in Vietnam? There were a total a 269 American and enemy aircraft shot down in air-to-air combat over Vietnam during the entire war—201 in fightsRead More →

After the 1920 Games, Tug of War was removed from the Olympic Programme along with 33 other sports. During this time, the IOC decided their were too many sports and too many participants competing, so took the decision to remove a number of sports, and unfortunately, one of those wasRead More →

World War One and Vietnam are the wars most closely associated with post-traumatic stress – but it was also a huge problem for the combatants in World War Two, and one that may still be affecting their children and grandchildren today. Can you be deployed if you have PTSD? AlthoughRead More →

Dempsey bears a resemblance to Polonsky, although, as is the case with the other characters, this could be just the result of the developers re-using already existing character models. What happened to Pvt Miller? However, Miller is knocked to the ground by an explosion and is attacked by a JapaneseRead More →

The most common Civil War surgery was the amputation of an extremity and this was usually accomplished in about 10 minutes. First-person reports and photographic documentation confirm the mounds of discarded limbs outside Civil War field hospitals. What amputation had the highest death rate in the Civil War? Hip amputations,Read More →

The Uri attack killed 18 soldiers and injured more than 30 others. The forces managed to gun down all four terrorists, but by then they had inflicted heavy loss upon the Indian Army. How many terrorists were killed in Uri? The secret surgical strikes were carried out nearly 10 daysRead More →

War Horse is now available on the National Theatre’s new streaming service National Theatre at Home. The iconic and multi-award-winning production of War Horse, based on the novel by Michael Morpugo, is available on demand for the first time since its premiere 13 years ago. Where is War Horse now?Read More →

At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe. What religion was Spain before Christianity? Before the arrival of Christianity, the Iberian Peninsula was home to a multitude of animist andRead More →