Frontline Flicks: The Tales of Ensign Stål (1926)
John W. Brunius’s Fänrik Ståls sägner (1926) is one of the most ambitious historical films of the Nordic silent era. The film is about the last major Swedish war and the birth of Finnish nationhood – ...
8 Nov 20257min
Russia’s New Nuclear Sea Monster
In Severodvinsk on Russia’s Arctic coast, the Navy has just unveiled its latest nuclear submarine – the Khabarovsk, a vessel designed to carry the dreaded Poseidon nuclear torpedo drone. Dubbed a pote...
7 Nov 202535min
Bunker Books: Charles de Gaulle’s War Memoirs (1955)
A Blueprint for European Backbone? Charles de Gaulle’s War Memoirs are not easy reading. They are grandiose, deliberate, and unmistakably self-serving. Yet in the brittle geopolitical moment we now fi...
22 Juni 20256min
Bunker Books: Ghost Fleet – A Novel of the Next World War (2015)
Ghost Fleet by P.W. Singer and August Cole is a speculative military thriller that envisions a near-future conflict where a technologically advanced China, allied with Russia, launches a surprise atta...
16 Maj 20254min
Facing Russian Threat, Finland Plans to Keep Reservists Until 65
The Finnish government has announced a draft proposal to increase the maximum age for military reservists from 60 to 65 years. This initiative aims to expand Finland's wartime reserve forces by approx...
15 Maj 20251min
Frontline Flicks: La Grande Illusion (1937)
A Masterpiece of Class, War, and Futility. There’s a reason Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion still rattles nerves nearly 90 years on. It’s not just a classic. It’s a ruthless dissection of European ...
14 Maj 20253min
Still Stuck in the Mud: Why Russian Tanks Carry Logs in the 21st Century
In footage from the war in Ukraine, eagle-eyed observers keep spotting something strange: thick, stripped logs lashed to the rear of Russian tanks. No, they’re not firewood, and they’re not some crude...
14 Maj 20253min
