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Floating Combat Cities – Evolution of Nuclear Carriers with 20 Awesome Photos

The Navy airbases at sea are a significant instrument in maintaining security of naval forces and also providing mobile support of operations inland. They are…

Vietnam War Living History: Stories Of War From Those Who Fought

The Duke Museum of Military History in Rome, Georgia, has an ambitious plan to collect war stories from veterans of America’s wars.  Presently, the museum…

Silent Service Game Changers – The Advent of Nuclear-Powered Submarines

Nuclear powered submarines were a major leap from the conventional submarines in terms of speed, refueling intervals, air dependence and underwater endurance ratings. Current generations…

Remember the Soviet Prisoner Uprising in Pakistan at Camp Badaber? Neither Did We

On April 26, 1985, an uprising of Soviet and Afghan prisoners of war took place in the Badaber military camp. The result of the uprising…

New military museum in the Middle East – Jordan’s Royal Tank Museum

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Robby Houben The world’s newest tank museum opened its doors this year in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.…

Different Strokes for Different Folks – 9 Differences of U.S. and USSR Cold War Armies

Throughout the decades of the Cold War, America and the USSR sat facing each other, their armies ready for a war they thought might come…

Mammoth Military Exercises of the Soviet Union with Video

Through time armies have recognized that, in times of peace, they need to practice going to war.  Even the best thought out plans need to…

Gain the Experience – Joining the Women’s Army Corps During the 1970s

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…

Hung Out to Dry – The JFK Dilemma on the Failed Bay of Pigs Invasion

How changes at the last hour led to great repercussions The initial plan for the 2506 Brigade, composed of exiled Cuban freedom fighters, to invade…

RAF Pilot Leads Rebellion for Independence in Zimbabwe

Cecil Rhodes established Fort Salisbury and the state of Rhodesia in September of 1890, and ninety years later, it was rebranded as the state of…

World War III Averted? – Remembering the “Kursk” Submarine Disaster

August 12, 2000, is a date forever included in the newest history of Russia. It was on this day that one of the most sophisticated…

Planes, Tanks, and Futbol – The Soviets in the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War provided the perfect laboratory conditions for the Soviet military to test its combat readiness prior to the arrival of a ‘big…