Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – The Curse Of The War Veteran, From Ancient Times To The Present Day
By Guest Blogger Helen Fraser For War History Online Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder or ‘PTSD’ is a very familiar term nowadays. We associate it most with war veterans and,…
From The Roman Republic To The Third Reich: Four Other Battles Fought At Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae was quite the epic stand. We have talked about the bravery of the Spartans a thousand times over and made multiple…
The Many Different Opponents Faced by Victorian British Armies
Maintaining your status as a global power is no easy thing. The British Victorian Army was one of the best equipped and most experienced in…
Touching, Humbling, Eye-Opening – War Memorials Of The World
For an altogether touching, humbling and historically educational experience, do not miss out on these incredible war memorials found around the world. The Vietnam Veterans…
Garnet Joseph Wolseley – A Controversial Military Reformer In The Lead-Up To WW1
Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley was one of the most important military thinkers in the Victorian British army. Rising to a position of prominence in the…
‘Without Precedent’ – Commando, Fighter Pilot and The True Story of Australia’s First Purple Heart
War History Online Presents This Article By Guest Blogger Owen Zupp The frozen Korean peninsula was a hostile environment for any downed pilot in 1952.…
Winning Isn’t Always Worth It – Pyrrhic Victories Of Military History
The term Pyrrhic victory can be used where someone technically “wins”, or achieves their objective, but the cost makes the victory almost not worth the…
1898: The Beginning Of The Spanish-American War
Manning a remote island fort, seemingly without any imminent danger on the horizon, must have made for a fairly comfortable post. That was the situation on…
The BBC’s Treason In The Falklands War At The Battle of Goose Green
The Battle of Goose Green in 1982 was part of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina. It was especially notable for two things –…
How the Royal Navy kept order, Through Caning, Flogging, and Hanging
By the end of the 18th century, the wooden walls of England, as her Navy was so often called, was comprised of one of the…
Underground Warfare: Great Military Mines From Ancient Times To World War One
Since ancient times, armies have dug mines beneath the defenses of enemy fortresses and cities. Some have been staggering feats of engineering, some examples of…
The Versailles Peace Treaty – Ending The Great War In 1918
The treaty of Versailles was one of several peace treaties which signaled the end of the devastating years of World War I. It sealed the end…