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A New Remote-Controlled Armored Vehicle, Developed in Russia. Watch What It Can Do!

A Russian military-industrial company, VPK LLC, has designed a new, remotely controlled vehicle. The vehicle is a remotely controlled model of the wheeled armored vehicle, the Tigr.…

Blees Military Academy – Historic Complex Highlights Story of Former Soldier, Teacher, and Entrepreneur

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…

Retreat Does Not Always Mean Defeat – 10 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…

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…

He’s Called The Ghost, Has The Same Medal Count As Audie Murphy, And Is Virtually Unknown

By the time a man earns seven Purple Hearts and lives to talk about it, he could either be described as one of the luckiest…

The Mystery of Hitler’s Secret Ukranian ‘Werewolf Bunker’

Hitler’s ambitious campaign of dominating the European continent gave us the horrors of the death camps and a deadly World War; it also left us…

Awesome Video of the US Navy Presidential Ceremonial Honor Guard at Norway

This complete video version of the performance in Norway by the US Navy Presidential Ceremonial Honor Guard Drill Team at Norway is amazing and must…

From the Vikings to Vietnam – Five Wars in Which Drugs Fuelled the Fighting

Drugs have a long history as part of war. These days, their main role is a medicinal one, but down the centuries they have often…

Plane Flies Through Wall of Water as Freak Wave Hits Carrier During Takeoff (Watch)

This video was shot in 1971 and shows the USS Ticonderoga (CVS-14). Aboard this ship is a Grumman S-2E Tracker on the catapult; one from…

Corvette ZR1 vs AH1 Cobra Helicopter, The Corvette Wins When Things Go Wrong

Just when you think you know what’s going to happen – it all changes with a plot twist. This challenge pits Kim Jin Pyo (Presenter…

Five Women Who Played Vital Roles in the American Civil War

While in most modern cultures women have only been permitted to officially participate in warfare for a few decades at most, that has never prevented…

A Long-Lost Shipwreck is Now Slowly Emerging from the Waves!

It is amazing what the shifting sands of a river mouth will uncover. On the 16th February 1916, the Norwegian collier, SS Hjordis, sank off…