Vietnam Gunboat Captain’s 1st Hand Account – Night on the River
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Richard Kirshen Patrolling the rivers of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam during daylight hours in the late…
Could German Aircraft Carriers Have Won the Battle of the Atlantic?
It might be easy to throw out a discernible “no” when asking such a historical “what if” given that we know the real outcome. What…
A Consequence of Arrogance? – The Battle of Gallipoli
Also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Gallipoli Campaign, or the Battle of Çanakkale, was a failed attempt by the Allied forces to capture the…
Great German Raider – Expedition of the Battleship Graf Spee
At the start of the Second World War, the German navy lacked the power to face Britain’s Royal Navy in a full-scale surface battle. Instead,…
Battle of the Minds – German Scientists Recruited to the Soviets after WWII
Early in 1945, it became apparent that WWII was drawing to a close and, in hindsight, both the USSR and the USA were already preparing…
Last Gasp of the Wehrmacht – Battle of Kursk
On July 5, 1943, the Battle of Kursk began, and became, disputably, the largest tank battle of World War II and the last major German…
Lightning: The Unusual Lockheed P-38 Fighter with 30 Photos
The P-38 Lightning was an unusual-looking aircraft. Unlike most fighter planes of the Second World War, it had two booms, each with an engine, so…
28 Photos of “Mae West” – US M2 Light Tank
The M2 light tank was the official American light tank of the late 1930s. At the time, the independent armored battalions and armed divisions all made…
Turning Up the Heat – 26 Photos of the Flammpanzer II/III Flame-Thrower Tanks
The need for a mechanical flamethrower to replace the less efficient man-portable flamethrowers was obvious amongst the World’s military forces. The flame tank was a…
60 Years in the Air – The MiG-21 in 27 PHOTOS
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 was a Soviet supersonic jet fighter and interceptor. In many ways, the MiG-21 was a symbol of the effective and simple Soviet…
Always in Action – The HMAS Australia II with Amazing Photos
His Majesty’s Australian Ship or HMAS Australia II was a warship in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was one of two 10,000 ton, County…
Lots of Bark but No Bite – WWII Naval Battle of Calabria
On their way to North Africa, a convoy of the Italian Royal Navy intersected with the fleets of the allied forces of the British Royal…