Vulture's Wargaming Blog

Shifting sands have revealed a forgotten world of Nazi tunnels underneath The Hague. Link to the BBC website. -

An apparently ordinary rabbit's hole in a farmer's field leads to an underground sanctuary once said to be used by the Knights Temp...

Early on Christmas Day in 1916, a group of soldiers knelt on a rough floor in a candlelit barn in France to receive Holy Communion from thei...

Last month, Russian authorities conducted large-scale civil defence drills and announced they were upgrading underground nuclear bunkers to ...

Seen this on the BBC web site.  Worth a visit. - After seven years as a Soviet satellite state, many in Hungary were chafing at the rest...

An "elaborate" Roman villa has been unearthed by chance by a homeowner laying electric cables in his garden in Wiltshire.  Link t...

The remains of two First World War German destroyers have been found at the home of the British Navy in Portsmouth. The ships were ta...

- Comment :  Been watching this brilliant series here in the UK.  Great viewing if have an interest in the Darkages.  Highly recommended. ...

In an era of potent concern over internet pornography, cyber-bullying, and drugs, it is hard to imagine a game being controversial. But 30 y...

Much of what we think we know about the 1914-18 conflict is wrong, writes historian Dan Snow. No war in history attracts more controversy...

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A British team building a car capable of driving beyond 1,000mph has tested the vehicle's rocket engine.  Link to the BBC.

Magna Carta - Latin for Great Charter - was agreed at Runnymede in 1215 and sealed by King John after powerful barons had rebelled and captu...

The mottled green and brown of army fatigues are a great leveller. Line up three rows of soldiers dressed identically, and it's impossib...

A deadly weapon and an economic cornerstone, the impact of a bullet spreads far and wide. In this documentary BBC Defence Correspondent Caro...

A 33ft (10m) poppy placed on a hill in Wiltshire to launch the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal will appear on the BBC's Countryf...

The mass slaughter of WW1 1914-18 robbed the UK of a million lives, leaving no part of the country untouched. But there was a tiny handful ...

An excavation at the site of a 1941 Spitfire crash in a bog in the Irish Republic uncovered huge, remarkably preserved chunks of plane and s...

There are some really good podcasts to download off the official website of the BBC History Magazine. Well worth checking out. Link -

It is 10 years since a deal to protect the world's thousands of shipwrecks, but the UK and several other major maritime powers are yet t...