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Honda Point Disaster: Where 7 Destroyers and 23 Sailors Were Lost In The Largest Peacetime Loss Of U.S. Navy Ships

Greg Jackson

Point Pedernales in Santa Barbara, California is also called Honda Point, but the Spanish who discovered it in the 16th century named it the Devil’s…

How WWII American Soldiers Provided Fun At Christmas For British Orphans

When the United States Army first landed in Great Britain in 1942,it took many months to bring them all in, brief them and organize them…

Corporal Dunham: First Marine to Receive Medal of Honor Since Vietnam – Jumped on a Grenade To Save His Fellow Marines

Jeff Edwards

In the decades following the Vietnam War, there would be conflict, battle, and loss of life.  But for the United States Marine Corps whose tradition…

Newly restored Messerschmitt Bf109G flies again: Test pilot shares his experience

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Rick Volker. It was a most unexpected phone call that shook me out of my well organized…

Out of fuel: Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights (Watch)

An unusual incident involving a container ship and an aircraft from a nearby aircraft carrier occurred in June 1983, when NATO countries were staging an…

How The Royal Navy Fed Its Sailors Over 200 Years Ago

Gabe Christy

An army marches on its stomach, and while a Navy sails on the sea, its sailors still need feeding. In the 1790s and early 1800s,…

The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For Almost 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality

In November of 2016, Switzerland will have had a strict policy of neutrality for five centuries. Even during the World Wars, Switzerland was able to…

Retreat Does Not Always Mean Defeat – Epic Retreats From Military History

Shahan Russell

In war, retreats aren’t always about defeat. Sometimes, they’re a deliberate tactic to gain more defensible ground, consolidate forces, encircle an enemy, or lead them…

Shattered Hopes – Missouri officer killed aboard the second ship to carry the name USS Missouri

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…

Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Sails Through Huge Waves During Massive Storm

Ever since the Aircraft Carrier replaced the battleship as the queen of the sea, it has defined what modern sea power is all about. However,…

“Nuts” – The Five Best Responses to Surrender Ultimatums in History

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Samuel B. Parker. Few things are more inspiring or compelling than stories of courage in the…

Movie Mistakes – The Worst Things Hollywood Gets Wrong about Ancient and Medieval Battles

Personally, I love Hollywood historical epics no matter how ridiculously inaccurate they are. Anything that gets history out in the world is okay with me.…