An Air Force Veteran Describes His Service Spanning Vietnam And The Cold War
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…
Bikini Atoll, Used To Test Nukes Decades Ago, Is Still Too Radioactive To Start Resettling
Bikini Atoll, the string of islands that the U.S. used as nuclear testing grounds between 1946 and 1958, is still too radioactive to be inhabited.…
After 39 Soviet Commandoes Took Hill 3234 In Afghanistan, Not Even Hundreds Of Mujahedeen Could Dislodge Them
The Soviet-Afghan War, or the “Soviet Vietnam” as some political analysts called it, was one of the key points in which the decaying superpower came…
Retired US Warship Burgled For No Apparent Reason In Quincy, Massachusetts
Nothing is sacred it seems, not even a retired U.S. Navy cruiser, the USS Salem, laid down in 1945, at the tail end of the…
Haunting Pics Of A Rare Tu-128 – The Largest and Heaviest Soviet Fighter
The Tupolev Tu-28, a Soviet long-range interceptor from the 1960s, had the NATO reporting name Fiddler. At the time, it was the largest and heaviest…
Cold War Secret of the Military Manned Space Laboratory Revealed
Recent American government documents have been released that discuss the details of a secret Cold War project called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). This project…
When The U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Captured Spy Ship USS Pueblo
In Pyongyang, the North Korean Government keeps a trophy from 1968. Moored on the Botong River, alongside the Pyongyang Victorious War Museum sits the USS…
Received The Medal of Honor for Defending The USS Liberty Against an Attack From Israel
The United States and Israel have not always seen eye to eye, but they have been nothing less than strong allies since the Israeli State…
Things Nearly Went Nuclear When the Chinese Stole a Soviet Tank
In 1900, Russia signed the Treaty of Beijing which gave them Outer Manchuria and other Chinese lands. When both countries became communist, their nagging border…
Mental Soviet Cold War Experimental Off-Road Vehicles – 39 Wacky Photos
The Soviet automobile industry could have been considered as conservative in the 1950s/60s, at least in the civilian sphere. On the other hand, military vehicles…
This Cold War Mission Honed The Fine Reputation of The Tennessee “Fly Boys”
The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force. The majority of the National Guard airmen and soldiers hold full-time civilian jobs while…
“Size 36” The Movie That Revealed The B-36 “Million Dollar Blunder” To The Public (Watch)
Shown here is a 1950 era propaganda produced by the U.S. Signal Corp highlighting the then new B-36 intercontinental nuclear bomber. Playing in the U.S.…