King of the Battlefield: 26 Pictures of The Hummel Self-Propelled Artillery
Artillery has been called the “King of the Battlefield”. After the initial success of the German offensive against the Soviet Union in 1941, the Wehrmacht…
MIA Marines at Battle of Tarawa Found, Returned Home after Over 70 Years
The tiny atoll of Tarawa, one of the island chains that makes up modern-day Kiribati, looks much too peaceful and serene to have hosted the…
Women Warriors of the Philippines – WWII Heroines Helped Liberate Their Country
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Pacificatrocities.org The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th of 1941 represented the initial step of…
Stars and Stripes: A Symbol of Hope for American POWs
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jennifer Grant who writes on behalf of American Flags The United States has sent millions of people…
Resistance Warriors of the Philippines
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Pacificatrocities.org The Imperial Japanese Forces attacked Pearl Harbor and the Philippine Islands simultaneously. This planned attack…
40 Amazing Images of the Colorful “Assembly” Bombers
During WWII, navigational technology was still at an unsophisticated level, especially when it came to airplanes, and many practical solutions prevailed when it came to…
Russian Rambo of WWII
During the Great Patriotic War, as the Second World War is known by the Russians, there were several occasions when one or more soldiers of…
German “Space Force”? – Model Discontinued After Complaints That People Will Think Nazis Built Spaceship
German toy and game manufacturer Revell has removed from store shelves its model of a “Flying Saucer Haunebu II,” which is described as a war…
WWII “Warbirds” Hugging the Dirt in 22 Pictures
Man has always strived to reach the sky. From the mythical age of Daedalus and Icarus to the birth of modern aircraft in the early…
Colville Tribe Warriors – Six Brave Native American Vets from WWII
The Navajo “Code Talkers,” while being the most famous, were not the only Native Americans that fought with distinction during WWII. Men from the Colville…
The Minsk Offensive 1944 – Bagging German Army Group Center
The Minsk Offensive was a strategic military action carried out in the eastern part of Soviet Belarus and directed against the troops of Nazi Germany.…
Tank Battle at Dukla – WWII Battle in East Slovakia Featured at Svidnik Museum
Military history aficionados had a reason to rejoice in May, as the Military Historical Museum’s department in Svidnik (Prešov Region) kicked off its high season…