Military History

Naval Fortress : Vladivostok

Vladivostok Fortress In this episode of Naval Fortresses, we look at the Vladivostok Fortress, which protected the largest Russian port[…]

San Francisco Artillery Corps From the 1920s, San Francisco was protected by two two-gun batteries, north and south of the[…]

Battle of Long Tan Here is the very moving story that 60 Minutes (Nine Network) Australia did on the Battle[…]

The Marshalls Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign against the Japanese outposts in the Marshall Islands. United[…]

Drill Sergeant Recruit training, more commonly known as basic training or colloquially boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of[…]

USS Liberty The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by[…]

Unluckiest Ship in the Navy The Destroyer USS William D Porter, also called the “Willie Dee”, was considered to be[…]

Russians Enter Berlin During the final months of World War II, Russia raced to capture Berlin. This archive footage captures[…]

Nuclear Accident In 1986, the Albuquerque Journal received documents from an FOIA request. To their surprise, the Air Force had[…]

Newsreel Russian Front 1) MS-SCU Ger. tanks pass followed by trucks, etc.-SV. 2) LS-SCU Russian planes, Ger. 20MM crews fire,[…]