History | War History

10 Great Feats Of Wartime Engineering

Andrew Knighton

The career of the military engineer may not have the glamor of the fighter pilot or samurai warrior, but throughout the history of warfare, battlefields…

Marlborough’s March To The Danube And Battle Of Blenheim

Andrew Knighton

The Duke of Marlborough is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in British history. Though he is famed for his battlefield successes,…

The 1st Duke of Marlborough: Maybe The Biggest Ego In Military History

Andrew Knighton

The Duke of Marlborough has a reputation as one of the greatest commanders in British and even world history. A son of minor gentry he…

When His Handler Was Killed, This Heroic War Dog Died Of A Broken Heart The Same Day

Jeff Edwards

It is a story that almost seems too sensational to be true, but many who have known the loyalty of a dog might not doubt it…

Battle of Busan Perimeter, The First Major Conflict In The Korean War

Busan Perimeter The Battle of Busan Perimeter took place in the fall of 1950 and was one of the first major conflicts of the Korean…

Outnumbered And With Taliban Overrunning The Base, Clinton Romesha Was Awarded MoH At The Battle Of Kamdesh

Jeff Edwards

The Battle of Kamdesh would be one of the costliest battles for the Americans of the entire Afghanistan conflict as it saw an American outpost…

Pictures: Life and Death of the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee

The Admiral Graf Spee was a notorious heavy cruiser in the Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was built at the Reichsmarinewerft…

Must-Know Facts About The Bolo Knife – History, Development And Use Of An Iconic Weapon

Imperial forces around the world, whether they came to the battle with muskets and cannons or machine guns and fighter planes, have come to fear…

The Story Behind “In Flanders Fields” – One Of The Most Famous War Poems Of History

More so than any other modern war and certainly more than any war fought before it, The First World War was the age of the “war…

Outnumbered Ten To One – Rallying To The Flag Until The End

Jack Beckett

It was the 27th of July, 1880. In the incredible heat of the high Afghan summer, an army of two and a half thousand men…

Five Of The Fastest Jet Planes To Ever Grace The Skies

War History Online Presents this Video Breakdown of our Five Favorite Fastest Jets! We start with the F-15 Strike Eagle. This is an American all-weather…

Military Leaders Whose Commands Got Their Own Men Decimated

Andrew Knighton

Death is, sadly, an essential part of war. Unnecessary death is not, yet it remains a constant. Even the most capable commanders sometimes give orders…