History | War History

Life Inside A Submarine: This Museum Offers A Glimpse Of Life Under The Sea

Ian Harvey

Museums are wonderful places to explore. In these institutions, we can learn about other cultures and other times. Usually, they are made of brick and…

Battle Strategies and Retreats

Ian Harvey

There are no rules to war. There are no guarantees and no certainties. Usually, when one force breaks and runs, it signals the end of…

Last US Casualty of WWI: Futile Gesture or Heroism?

War is a lot of things. Heroic. Interesting. World-changing and life-altering. Many things move us, anger us, and frustrate us when we reflect on war.…

Millis Jefferis: How a Bridge Builder Become One of WW2 Greatest Saboteurs

Andrew Knighton

During the Second World War, the British pulled together a wide range of specialists to plan and execute covert operations. Working within the Special Operations…

French Foreign Legion A Valiant Fight To The End – 62 Against 3000

David Baker

In the 1998 film, Legionnaire, martial arts superstar Jean Claude Van Damme plays a boxer who signs up with the French Foreign Legion to escape…

1000’s Still Missing: Do You Have a Famous Masterpiece Looted During WW2 in Your Basement?

Claudia Mendes

During WWII, looting was common. Most people know that the Nazi Party took valuables from Jewish families, but many people do not realize that Nazi…

In The World of Military Vehicles, Anything Is Possible

Jeremy Lyons

A ship that can rise over water sounds like something out of Star Wars, but just such a craft is one of many different types of…

Unknown project for solving the Iranian Hostage Crisis: Operation Credible Sport

Dejan Milivojevic

“Desperate times call for desperate measures” is a sentence that best describes Operation Credible Sport. In situations when conventional solutions have failed and when conventional…

Crimes committed by the United States during WW2

Claudia Mendes

When thinking about war crimes in World War II, the Holocaust, the Nazi Party, and the Nuremberg trials come to mind. War crimes perpetrated by…

B-36: In the entire history of aviation, it is the largest combat aircraft in regard to height & wingspan

Ruslan Budnik

The Convair B-36 was a US intercontinental strategic bomber that had the unofficial name “Peacemaker.” In the entire history of aviation, it is the largest combat…

Facts About the North American P-51 Mustang – The USAAF’s Most Versatile Fighter

North American P-51D Mustang 'Ferocious Frankie' in flight

Considered by many aviation enthusiasts to be one of the greatest fighter aircraft of all time, the North American P-51 Mustang saw extensive service with…

Was it really two men per gun? Soviet armament in WW2

Bombs explode in the distance. The soldiers hear the thump of artillery shells and duck away from a strafing fighter. They are urged forward by…