Vulture's Wargaming Blog

In the midst of World War II, workers at a Welsh aircraft factory gave up their weekend off to build a Wellington bomber from scratch in jus...

This is an interesting little essay on Armchair General web about the Italians in WW2. Link -

LONDON — The courage of the military personnel and volunteers who suffered the ordeal of the intense Nazi bombing of London was remembered T...

I've always had an interest in armoured vehicles, and thought I'd share some links with regard one I've been following for a whi...

Saw this today, and think it looks quite good :) - -

Stumbled across this intersting site about HMS Glowworm. - On 8th April 1940 The British destroyer HMS Glowworm, alone and outgunned took...

On a cloudy August day in 1940, the skies and seas around the Isle of Wight witnessed the first sustained clashes of the Battle of Britain. ...

For anyone interested in WW2, this site is an an intersting visit. It is called the WWII Database, and has a simply astonishing amount of d...

This is quite an intersting site with quite a comprehensive essay about HMS Dasher, and its rather poor in-service career during WW2 which e...

This is a fascinating little essay about Operation Catapult and the Naval Destruction at Mers-el-Kebir. This is where the part of the Frenc...

HMS Investigator had been sent in search of the Franklin expedition, but was lost while on a quest to find the Northwest Passage through th...

This is a very cool little video, well worth checking out. - The BBC has been given exclusive access to film the world's most advanced f...

A soldier who stood on a landmine in Afghanistan may owe his life to a rosary - just as his great-grandfather did in the Second World War. ...

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I've almost finished listening to the pod casts that you can download from the UK Defence Academy site , so I have been casting around t...

WICOE (Women In Charge Of Everything) Is proud to announce the opening of its EVENING CLASSES FOR MEN! OPEN TO MEN ONLY, ALL ARE WELCOME Not...

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Nothing to do with wargaming, but a classic song and video. - -

As I've mentioned before, I'm a huge fan of the Company Of Heroes Blitzkreig Mod (that can be downloaded for free). A small team o...

I saw part of the Typhoon display at RIAT last week. A very impressive aircraft, only the the F22 Raptor being better IMHO. Stumbled acro...

Made it to the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford on Thursday. I was fortunate enough to see (and video) the display by ...

I really really want one of these :-) - The Terrafugia Transition, a light aircraft that can convert into a road-legal automobile, is to go ...

This is quite an article on the BBC web site. - Link - In this collection of programmes and documents, we hear from some of the battle's...

Absouletely nothing to do with wargaming, but important nonetheless !! :-) - Bugatti's Veyron has reclaimed the title of world's fa...

Final preparations are under way for UK Armed Forces Day on Saturday and the Type 23 warship HMS Kent, one of the busiest in the Royal Navy,...

To many, it was Winston Churchill’s finest hour. The address he made to the British nation as it stood alone against the Nazi war machine i...

The longest day of the year today, the summer solstice ... Link -

Just spotted on U-Tube that Simon Tofield has done another animation about his cat. Fabulous ! :) - -

Here is a link to the Telegraph web site that has an excellent slide show showing the locations of many of Britain's greatest myths and ...

OLD AGE During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home...

The mystery of 1,800-year-old remains unearthed in York may have been solved thanks to bite and hammer marks on their decapitated skulls. A...

For a Company Of Heroes fans here's a quick heads-up. A new version of the Blitzkrig Mod has been released, Version 2.0 - Follow this ...

This is fascinating article with some great photos on the Independent web site. "A treasure trove of First World War photographs was di...

Went to see the latest take on the Robin Hood story on Monday. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett the f...

This is an interesting link about a vanished Persian Army. Bones, jewelry and weapons found in Egyptian desert may be the remains of Cambys...

What is Celibacy? Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by circumstances. While attending a Marriage Renewal Weekend, Bi...

Check out a fascinating article on the Historynet.com web site all about plunder in war. A highly recommended read. Link -

Whether Conservative, Liberal or Labour , I think you'll get you'll like this! - - A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What ...

They incurred losses on a scale not seen in the British army for half a century. Now the 3 Rifles battlegroup has paraded along Edinburgh...

The Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger (Sd. Kfz. 186) was a German tank destroyer (self-propelled antitank gun) Jagdpanzer of World War II....

Over at The Poop, the San Francisco Chronicle’s baby blog, Peter Hartlaub makes a list of the worst plastic Army men. After his own kid disc...

I had planned to go to SALUTE last weekend, but family stuff got in the way. For those like myself we couldn't make it, but want to see ...

This is quite amausing article about the proverbal 'six pack'. Worth a read and a chuckle. Link -

Just seen the news that Ridley Scott is to make a 3D Alien prequel film !!! Awesome ! BBC News Link . -

A friend of mine from the Huntingdon club has invited me to join in a short War of The Roses campaign he's going to run. It sounds like...

Check this intersting site out all about the 'Military Vehicle Technology Foundation'. They have links to some interesting vids on U...

This is quite an interesting article about six huge anti-aircraft towers scattered through Vienna, a grim reminder of the city's Nazi pa...

A London lawyer and a Yorkshireman are sitting next to each other on a long flight to Leeds. The lawyer is thinking that Yorkshire men are a...

My brother sent me this link to an outstanding little video on U-Tube. The story line is that a rookie secret agent is faced with a problem...

Last week an old friend of mine (Steve) was having a clear out, and very kindly passed over to me around 50 1/300th buildings that he though...