Nautilus: The World’s First Nuclear-Powered Submarine
Diesel-powered U-boats had to surface every day for four hours to recharge the batteries. It significantly increased their exposure, and hence vulnerability. Even after the…
Marguerite Higgins – She Eats, Sleeps, And Fights Like The Rest Of Us
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Ned Forney In a few weeks, the 67th publication anniversary of a little-known Korean War book will…
American Airman to Polish Home Army Partisan
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Szymon Serwatka Mission completion in sight They took off early on the morning of June 21, 1944,…
Joe Chiminiello Shared the Horrors Of Living in the Dangerous Ball Turret
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Charley Valera Today’s WWII veteran Tech Sergeant Joseph R. Chiminiello shared many personal stories and photos for the…
The Viking Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire – The Varangian Guard
The Byzantines Hired Viking Mercenaries as Guards The relationship between the Byzantine Emperors and their Varangian Guard was a complex affair. The Byzantines were first…
The Final Blow of a 27 Year Struggle: Lysander And Aegospotami
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Archie Barker A Pan-Hellenic conflict From 431-404BC, the bitter Peloponnesian War raged across Greece. The conflict,…
A Day In The Life Of A Coastwatcher
War History online presents this Guest Piece from Jim Burrowes After a lengthy trek through the jungle from the south coast of New Britain, I…
My Father’s Story Began Early On The Morning Of April 29th, 1944: Tragedy At Sea – The Untold Story Of PT347, PT350 & PT346 – Sunk By Friendly Fire
Daniel Williams writes: My father’s story began early on the morning of April 29th, 1944 when during a mission aboard PT347 along with the PT350 to…
Three Suicidal Military Maneuvers That Were Actually Successful
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Samuel B. Parker. Desperate times call for desperate measures. But just how desperate can measures be…
V Bomber Quartet from Grub Street – Review by Paul Theobald
Grub Street and author and former test pilot Tony Blackman have brought together four great Cold War era titles which come from the publisher’s on-going…
Mussolini’s Rescue – A Mountaintop Operation Which Was Mostly a Downhill Pull
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jon M. Brown. Ranked among the more dramatic stories from the Second World War is that…
A Turkish POW’s Adventures in Revolutionary Russia
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jack Snowden When the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum fell to the Russians in February 1916,…