Nikola Budanovic

Nikola Budanovic is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Nikola Budanovic:

The American T-95 Tank: The Story Of A Prototype

In a plan to replace the Patton M48 in the 1950s, the US Government experimented with another design to replace the iconic tank of the…

The History of Armored Trains And Why They Are Now A Thing Of The Past

Armored trains are a relic of the past by today’s standards but in the late 19th and early 20th century, these big steel-plated locomotives besieged…

The Stridsvagn L-60 – A WWII-Era Tank Of The Neutral Swedish Army

One of the rare European countries that managed to keep their neutral stand in WWII was Sweden. The Scandinavian state had its share of tough…

Operation Halyard: An Airlift Operation that Saved 417 Allied Airmen In The Balkans

During WWII, the situation in the former country known as Yugoslavia was, to say the least, complicated. On the one hand, there was a partisan…

The Tragedy Of The Russian Submarine “Kursk” – A Naval Disaster For Russia In The Year 2000

The Kursk submarine disaster was the largest naval tragedy ever to happen in the Russian Federation during peacetime.  The country had been experiencing a lot of…

Here Is Why It Took So Long For WWI To Be Turned Into A Game (Watch)

Let’s take a look at this video which explains why on earth was WWI so poorly exploited in the gaming industry for so long.  There…

Locked on Full Auto – Firing the 1919 Browning Automatic Rifle in Texas

The Browning Automatic Rifle, or simply BAR, proved to be one of the most reliable weapons of the Second World War. Developed on the eve…

Deep Cover: The Spy Who Brought Down An Empire in the Run-Up to World War One

Alfred Redl was a walking contradiction ― a splendid military career crafted by pure ambition and a sense of duty, opposed to the high treason…

10 Facts: Stalin’s Great Purge – Over A Million People Detained, More Than Half A Million Shot

The Great Purge, also known as the Great Terror, was Stalin’s way of dealing with political opposition. Brutal and without mercy, he instigated the greatest…

StuG III- The Most Produced Armored Assault Vehicle Of Nazi Germany

The Sturmgeschütz III was most definitely one of the most iconic tank destroyers of WWII. Contributing to the cult status of StuG was the fact…

The Nuremberg Trials in 1945: The War Crimes Of The Wehrmacht

The Nuremberg Trials in 1945, established that the infamous SS were responsible for most Nazi war crimes. The Wehrmacht, consisting of the army, navy, and…

Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle: A German Weapon That Almost Entered American Service During WWII

The rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon, is in wide use today in conflicts around the world. Before its development, the weaponry used against…