Military & War

Largely forgotten in the west, outside of purely military circles, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) fought a brutal, 20-odd year war in Africa. This is part of the side the UN doesn't want you to see.

In 1983, NATO and the USSR nearly went to war. This is one version of what happened.

The other side of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

The standard history of the December 7, 1941 attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

A brief overview of Military Police, produced as an episode of "The Big Picture", the US Army's long-running public television program.

Produced by the Australian Army in the 1970's or 80's, this film gives a reasonably good overview of the basic types of weapons systems in use at the time, and their battlefield effects. What it lacks in modern systems, it more than makes up for in matter-of-fact reality.

This film is a product of the United States Government, and is not subject to copywrite.

The short history of the plans of the United States, Great Britain and Canada to wage war -- on each other.

The complete version of the 2018 public briefing video released by the Pentagon, detailing the disastrous ambush of 4 October, 2017, in Niger, that killed four US Special Forces soldiers. Pay attention, and read between the lines.

The destruction of Convoy PQ-17, during WW2

A previously-classified briefing for US Army Special Forces soldiers given in 1974. Interesting primarily for the views presented, in comparison to those of today.

A US Army production, from 1967, for instructing Military Police on basic procedures for riot control

Supply and Logistics -- the Lifeblood of war.......

The official US story of Cold War submarine operations.

Many - if not most - of the people seeing this, have never heard of Angola, much less the massive war that went on there in the 1970's, 80's and 90's. Presented here, is the South African side of the story, which is pretty rare. This war saw some of the largest land battles - and certainly, the largest armored battles - in Africa since World War 2. Learn from everyone.

One of the most important - and least remembered - battles of the Korean War.

The heaviest, and bloodiest, battle fought by the Australian Army since the Korean War, Long Tan (a former rubber plantation) showed that extraordinary determination was present on all sides in Vietnam. Now largely forgotten, the Digger's fight deserves a lot more coverage.

A study of female YPG/YPJ fighters in Syria, training for the fight against the so-called "Islamic State".

Former British SAS soldier Phil Campion's on the ground reporting from Iraq and Syria, from 2015.

An early BBC documentary on the seizure and recapture of the Iranian Embassy in London, in 1980.