BAT 2023

The Tank Museum has announced two replica World War I vehicles taking to the museum’s Kuwait arena for TANKFEST 2026. Guest vehicles Deborah II, a WWI Mark IV Female replica, and Musical Box, a Whippet replica, will be joining the existing line-up of vehicles for the world’s best display of historic moving armor. Deborah II, […]

March 31, 2026, marks a somber turning point in American labor history. Traditionally observed as César Chávez Day, the date has been widely refocused this year as Farmworkers Day following a devastating New York Times investigation released earlier this month. The report detailed credible allegations against the late labor leader, including accounts from co-founder Dolores […]

Close the the English town of Carlisle, bordering Scotland, is an expanding collection of mostly vintage military aircraft, which includes an iconic Cold War-era bomber. The “V bomber” – the Vulcan – was actually one of Solway Aviation Museum’s earliest major acquisitions. It’s popular and now open for ticketed guided tours by volunteers. To kick […]

These pre-date modern universities and focus on Yoruba traditional governance, justice, and spirituality. They are not student groups. Ogboni Society (Traditional / Ancient Ògbóni or Òsùgbó) Founder/Origin: Indigenous to Yoruba people — no single founder. Existed for centuries before colonial times (earliest written references 1884, but oral history traces it to pre-Oyo Empire eras). It […]

Modern military power is measured by stealth and precision, but in 1914, Imperial Russia bet its future on a machine that looked like a steampunk nightmare. The Tsar Tank, a massive iron tricycle, promised to end the stalemate of the Great War. Instead, it became one of the most expensive and immobile “toys” in military […]

Two German-built tanks will be attending the world’s biggest display of historic moving armour this coming June. Nicknamed the Nashorn “Phoenix” after restoration was delayed by a devastating fire, a World War II-era German “Tank Hunter” will be running for the first time in the United Kingdom at TANKFEST 2026. Photo Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-279-0950-09 […]

In 1932, Australia aimed machine guns at “swarms” of emus—and learned a truth that modern drone warfare keeps repeating: cheap, fast, scattered targets can make powerful tools look clumsy. Photo Credit: Wazee Digital/ Wikimedia Commons If you ever wanted proof that war is sometimes less “glory” and more “please make this problem go away,” Australia’s […]

As the Winter Olympics return to screens around the world, viewers marvel at blistering speed, split-second decisions, and tactics that feel almost… military. That’s no coincidence. Many of the strategies and manoeuvres used in modern sports were first refined in war, where coordination, deception, and timing were matters of life and death. Long before they […]

Modern military logistics rely on massive cargo planes like the C-17 to transport armor, but in 1942, the Soviet Union attempted something far more daring. Long before Hollywood began dropping tanks out of airplanes with parachutes, Soviet engineer Oleg Antonov decided to simply give the tank wings. The result was the Antonov A-40, known as […]

Carrie and Shaun Tullier have a house with probably the best foundations on Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. It starts with a two-meter-thick slab of reinforced concrete, and below that is a series of over one-meter-wide supporting walls holding up that slab. With that for a base, their home has little chance of ever being […]