Not Something Everyone Knows BUT Roald Dahl The Children’s Book Author Was Also an RAF Fighter Ace
Roald Dahl was largely known as a children’s book writer behind the titles such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda, The…
War on the Terraces: The Nika Riots
First the stewards and then the riot squad had been unable to deal with the supporters when trouble flared on the stands, and eventually, after…
This Royal Marine Threw Himself on a Grenade, He Walked Away With a Bloody Nose & the George Cross
He shouldn’t have lived. And in fact, if you were to ask him, he would tell you that at the time he thought for sure…
“All American” – 72 Years Later, D-Day Paratrooper Les Cruise Returns To The WWII Plane He Jumped From
72 years later, WWII hero Les Cruise flies again on the same plane from D-Day. This time his family boarded with him. Today, he is…
Ancient Piracy and Teuta: The Illyrian Pirate Queen
Throughout world history, piracy has had a constant presence throughout certain parts of the world. Ancient piracy isn’t often discussed, but one could say that it…
An Island Too Far: The disastrous Sicilian Expedition
Sparta and Athens fought the epic Peloponnesian War over several decades, which involved massive battles on land and sea, it saw one of the first…
Julius Caesar at the Siege of Alesia – the decisive battle in the conquest of Gaul
The Imperator Gaius of the Julii, who was called Caesar, was in Gaul with sixty thousand men. Twelve legions of Roman infantry were supported by…
A Transport Company Was Asked To Transport A Dakota, They Wrecked it
Check it Out! War History Online proudly presents this guest blog from accomplished author and blogger Hans Wiesman. You can read more by Hans and…
The massive Tupolev TU-95RTs (Bear D) and the TU-142 (Bear F) in Cuba
War History Online presents this Guest Blog by Miguel Vargas-Caba The TU-95RTs (Bear D) In 1970 the Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota, or Naval Aviation felt…
U-537, Cape Chidley & The Secret Weather Station WFL-26 – by Martin K.A. Morgan
Throughout the war, the Allies enjoyed a certain advantage over the Axis that was purely the product of geography. Because the Allied nations occupied real…
The Day General Taylor Went On A Secret Mission To Occupied Rome in 1943
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…
U-570 – The Only Ship To Be Captured By An Aircraft
There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…