The Surrender of Japan Aboard the USS Missouri
Imperial Japan announced its surrender on August 15, 1945. The surrender was formally signed a few weeks later, on September 2, 1945, halting the hostilities…
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…
How To Assemble A Crated Spitfire From Burma, But This One Was Never Buried!
In 2008 Historic Flight At Kilo-7 acquired a Spitfire, which arrived in a crate from Burma. However it was never buried underneath a runway like…
Iconic 9/11 Flag Raised at Ground Zero Found And Donated To National September 11 Memorial & Museum
The Flag was Recovered After Being Missing for Years and is Now on Display in Museum The iconic American flag three New York City firefighters…
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…
In 1943 a British Pilot Made an Emergency Landing on the Italian Island of Lampedusa, Only to Have it Surrender to Him
The official story is that in June 1943, as a precursor to the Allied invasion of Sicily, the island was secured without resistance by the Royal…
The Unbelievable Story Of A U.S. General’s Secret Mission To Occupied Rome To Discuss The Italian Surrender
General Tylor’s diplomatic and language skills resulted in his secret mission to Rome to coordinate an 82nd Airborne para drop with Italian forces. General Dwight…
From The Tank Museum – The World’s First Modern Tank, the Renault FT-17
The tank was one of the most important weapons of World War II. However, the first tanks were built during World War I (1914 –…
Lancaster, Mosquito, and Spitfire At Oshkosh Airshow, Wisconsin – Great Footage!
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is held at Wittman Regional Airport, Wisconsin, United States and is an annual air show held every summer. This is the largest…
Philippines Campaign Video (1944–45) – Landing on Leyte – In Color!
In 1942 the Japanese invaded and occupied the Philippines. Two years later, United States forces began the liberation of the Philippines. This was known as…
The Carden Loyd Carrier – Hated By Infantry, Used By Royal Tank Corps
Although the Carden Loyd Carrier would eventually find its way onto the battlefields of Europe during the Second World War, it began many years earlier,…