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The mystery of the tiny French village exterminated by the Nazis Oradour-sur-Glane was flattened by the Nazis in 1944; its inhabitants massacred. With help from survivors, a new book unravels the atrocity The silent village: Oradour-sur-Glane On the morning of June 10, 1944, the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane was – like the rest of France – hopeful. It was just days after the Allies had successfully stormed the beaches of Normandy – D-Day on June 6 – following four years under the Nazi occupation and collaborationist regime of Vichy France. “Word had been coming in all week ab...

Advertisement It was the fighter plane that flew in the more famous Spitfire's shadow during the Second World War, even though it downed more Nazi planes.  Armed with cannons and bombs, the Hawker Hurricane was responsible for 55 per cent of the RAF's air victories over Luftwaffe pilots and around 70 per cent of kills during the Battle of Britain.  Now, a new documentary shows the moment the daughter of a World War Two Hurricane pilot takes to the skies in her father's plane.   Eugenie Brooks, the daughter of Flight Sergeant John Brooks, is shown shedding tears as flies in the plane in UK...

The strategic implications of the damage at Natanz The strategic implications of the damage at Natanz The United States should be appreciative of any significant delay in Iran’s breakout timetable towards a nuclear weapon. The time gained can and should be used to negotiate a “longer, stronger” agreement. (April 21, 2021 / Jerusalem Institute of Strategy and Security) The Iranian regime is eager to generate a sense of urgency in the West, pushing the Biden administration to give up its sanctions leverage and return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear agreement. The re...

Air Commodore Peter Malam Brothers destroyed 16 enemy aircraft during WWII  Was veteran of Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid and D-Day Most of his 'kills' came in 1940 when he served as one of the 'The Few' Air Commodore Brothers was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice Also received the Distinguished Service Order and the CBE for bravery  

Nazi Germany created the the largest, heaviest artillery piece ever used in combat. Here's What You Need To Remember: Due to complications in building such a massive gun, the  Schwerer Gustav was not used against the Maginot Line, though it did see action against the Red Army. Leading up to the Second World War, one of the obstacles that loomed large in the eyes of the German High Command was the French Maginot Line. The Line was one of the strongest defensive fortifications ever built and among the longest: it stretched from the French-Swiss-German border in the South, all the way to t...