The Gurkha Stood up in Open Sight, Shot a Sniper Pinning Down his Men Before Going on to Clear 5 Bunkers, Single-Handedly
Bhanbhagta Gurung was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), Great Britain’s highest military award for gallantry, in 1945 for singlehandedly clearing five Japanese positions and inspiring…
Roman Reenactments: Would Flood Arenas to Float Their Ships & Fight With Convicts & Pows
The Roman reputation for extravagant displays was hard-earned, with thousands of people involved in staging various entertainments. There were the ever-popular gladiators, battling it out…
Bought a Tank & Found $2.6 Million in Gold Bullion Inside
Supplying movie and TV crews with tanks for period and wartime dramas is just one of the tasks performed by Tanks-A-Lot, a British company in…
Three of the Biggest Military Mistakes in Hollywood Movies
Watching a movie as a military historian means you judge it on a number of levels. In addition to the usual concerns over plot and…
How Reliable Were WWII Pilot Kill Counts?
In the heat of an aerial battle, can you really keep track of how many planes have been shot down? During WWII, intelligence officers believed…
Virginia Hall The One-Legged Spy Tormented The Nazis & the Most Decorated Female Spy in US History
Virginia Hall was born into a privileged family in Baltimore in 1906. During WWII, she kept the Gestapo at bay and coordinated both Jedburgh teams…
Nerve Gas & Rockets to the Moon: Operation Paperclip & Nazi Scientists in America
Germany surrendered in May 1945. Soon afterward, the western allied powers and the Soviet Union started carving up Europe. Germany was split in two. The…
Seventy Year Old Mystery Finally Solved
When U.S. Army Air Forces Flight Officer Judson Baskett, First Lieutenant William Myers, and PFC Donald Jones left Singapore on a Douglas C-47 transport aircraft…
The Face of Crimean War in over 35 Magnificent 160-year-old Photos
After a longtime peace acquired during the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Europe experienced a relatively peaceful period of history. Foundations of that peace laid…
The Nazis Committed Unspeakable Atrocities. But One Man Went too Far Even for his Fellow Officers
The mere mention of Germany’s role in World War II evokes images of mass slaughter, concentration camps, and people being herded like animals into ghettos…
Paris Under Siege – 5 Times the City of Lights Was Surrounded
Today, Paris is a peaceful city, a rich cultural hub, and home to one of the most powerful governments in Europe. But over the…
How a Small SAS Force “Convinced” a Large German Force to Flee
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Damien Lewis The role played by Special Forces in any army is to hit fast and…