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Articles by Guest Author:

American Civil War – A Tale Of Two Titans: Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant

Every year, Americans take time to remember and honor the fallen heroes of the civil war, a war that transformed America into what it is…

War Mystery Solved – P-38 Lightning & Remains recovered

The Solomons continue to throw up mysteries from the turbulent years of WWII. One mystery solved recently has been with the rediscovery of a P-38…

WWI Out Of The Trenches And Into Perspective: The Great War YouTube Project

By Paul K. DiCostanzo Managing Editor – The Good News Review Between the years 1918 and 1939, humanity only knew the First World War as…

Did You Know This? The SECOND Raid On Pearl Harbor – Operation K

Everyone knows about the First Pearl Harbor Attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy. But few are aware of the 2nd Raid that the Japanese launched…

10 of the Largest Military Airplanes in History

We’ve flipped through the pages of aviation history to bring you ten of the biggest, heaviest, weirdest and most astounding aircraft ever built. Antonov An-225…

He slammed his hand on the table and said to Hitler “I will not take orders from a local Nazi chieftan”… and got away with it

Written by Nigel Mountford on Quora reproduced with permission. This is General Dietrich von Saucken. As you can see, he is literally the archetypal monocled patrician…

The Secret Nazi V-3 Super Gun – By Robby Houben

The V-3 gun, or Vergeltungswaffe 3 was one of Germany’s wonder weapons developed to change the aggravating tide of war. This Nazi supergun was designed…

Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm in the Egyptian Red Sea

By Super Jolly for War History Online: Underwater for 68 years, a snap shot in time and beautifully preserved WWII cargo so desperately needed by Allied…

Did You Know the Top 10 Most Expensive WWII Collectables Sold?

It’s a fact. Once relatively lowly priced and overlooked World War Two collectables, perhaps even considered worthless in their time, are now fetching considerable prices…

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: five reasons why President Truman made the right decision

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was apocalyptically awful. 70 years ago today, an estimated 90,000 people were immediately killed when Little Boy detonated 1,950ft…

The Japanese Invasion Threat of Australia

Japanese intentions to invade mainland Australia during World War Two have long been the subject of passionate debate amongst historians worldwide. Some scholars are convinced that…

The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum

Most boys were content with plastic model kits and watching TV shows like Combat! and The Rat Patrol, but not Rob Lowden. Lowden’s collection is…