The Spanish Armada was a fleet of 130 ships on a mission to invade England in 1588. But the fleet was disrupted by storms, and a large number of the ships were wrecked on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. More than 5,000 soldiers lost their life. In 1985, nearly 400 years after the accident, … Read more
A shadow war is a war that, officially, does not exist. As mercenaries, hackers and drones take over the role armies once played, shadow wars are on the rise. States are evading their responsibilities and driving the privatization of violence. War in the grey-zone is a booming business: Mercenaries and digital weaponry regularly carry out … Read more
Watching the documentary, you will even think, this is made only for TV. The real training has to be tougher. And you are right. But even this TV-friendly documentary shows the struggle and endurance of French Foreign Legion soldiers. They are training the Amazon jungle. Filmed all over the world over a period of six … Read more
An exceptional, groundbreaking and voyeuristic look into military reserve life in Israel, this film was shot over a 5 year period in director and reserve soldier Yaniv Berman’s life. A soldier in the Israeli army reserves, Alpha Company, Berman had never seen before access and filmed the soldiers as they went about their normal day … Read more
When it comes to communism, many people think that the origin for communism is from Russia. In fact, there are other countries that have implemented communism even before Russia, and one of the most famous, and biggest among them is China. Even today, China is considered a communist country, as the country is slowly trying … Read more
Back in 2014, nobody could have predicted that drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles would become so popular. Since 2015, civilian drones outnumber military drones, with some stores estimating that there have been more 1 million civilian drones sold by 2015. But in 2014, a documentary on drones probably predicted the future. Back then, drones were … Read more
One of the biggest conspiracy theories following World War II is that Hitler actually survived the war. The story goes that he faked his own death, and then ran away to live in Spain. Through the years, there have been many conspiracy theories as of where Hitler went after the war. There were even people … Read more
Dubious history specialist Professor Niall Ferguson contends that in the most recent century there were not actually two World Wars and a Cold War, yet a solitary Hundred Years’ War. It was not patriotism that fueled the contentions of the century, yet realms. It was not philosophies of class or the approach of communism driving the century, however … Read more
In Worse than War Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity (2009), Goldhagen portrayed Nazism and the Holocaust as eliminationist attacks. He wrote the book irregularly for 10 years, talking with the perpetrators of war atrocities and the victims in Guatemala, Rwanda, and Kenya, Cambodia and the USSR along with the legislators, government officers and … Read more
This documentary is concerned with the war in Iraq. The director of this documentary is David O. Russell. The film includes a number of interviews given from the soldiers from the both sides of the conflict. Due to the controversy in respect to the content and a delay of the material delivery, Warner Bros. canceled the movie … Read more