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Ancient Tech in Modern War – Hidden Punji Sticks of Vietnam War

Aside from being the longest and most costly conflict in modern history, the Vietnam war was the most horrific campaign in American history due to…

Women Warriors of the Philippines – WWII Heroines Helped Liberate Their Country

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Pacificatrocities.org The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th of 1941 represented the initial step of…

An Outraged Lion: The Beginning of the Second Opium War

Following the First Opium War, the British Empire and Qing Dynasty of China entered an uneasy peace. Commerce continued, including the controversial opium trade, and…

Road to the End of Apartheid – Kwazulu-Natal Civil War

Praise Ojo

Almost every country in the world has had its own fair share of internal crises, disputes, and wars – some more than most. South Africa,…

Stars and Stripes: A Symbol of Hope for American POWs

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jennifer Grant who writes on behalf of American Flags The United States has sent millions of people…

Resistance Warriors of the Philippines

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Pacificatrocities.org The Imperial Japanese Forces attacked Pearl Harbor and the Philippine Islands simultaneously. This planned attack…

Russian Rambo of WWII

During the Great Patriotic War, as the Second World War is known by the Russians, there were several occasions when one or more soldiers of…

Dirty Dozen to Nightriders: Our Favorite Air Force Squadron Nicknames

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jennifer Grant who writes on behalf of the American Flags Each year, approximately 1,200 young men and…

P-40 Warhawk Workhorse of the Australia and New Guinea Campaigns

After its initial success in Southeast Asia, the Japanese military turned their attention to Australia and the port city of Darwin located in Australia’s Northern…

Evolution of AMMO

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Thomas who writes on behalf of  SWGGUN There are many things that we take for granted every…

Best Commerce Raider in History – CSS Alabama

In 200 feet of water off the north coast of France, near the port of Cherbourg, lies a Confederate warship which never saw a Confederate…

Diary Reveals Firsthand Account of Fierce Turkish-Russian Battles

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jack Snowden Following the calamitous defeat of the Turkish army at Sarıkamış in late 1914 and early 1915,…