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WWII Hero Saved Flag from Kamikaze Attacks

Bill Kelly keeps a photograph in his room at the Claremont Center nursing home where he lives. The picture is of him in a football…

Missing B-24 Bomber Discovered By Project Recover In Hansa Bay Off Papua New Guinea

Latest find ends years-long search for “Heaven Can Wait” aircraft shot down in 1944 battle and associated with 11 American MIAs May 22, 2018 –…

Corsair Fleet: The Brave Civilians Who Took On German U-Boats to Protect the US Coastline

German U-boat at sea

While many know the story of the “Little Ships of Dunkirk,” Great Britain wasn’t the only nation to call upon every day citizens to come…

The Many Types Of Ships Used In The Napoleonic Wars

It is a common misconception that the Navies of the Napoleonic Wars used only massive ships, crewed by hundreds of men, which would slowly close and…

Vintage Planes: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil – The Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter of WWII

Air power first became a significant part of warfare during WWI, but it was in WWII that it came to the forefront. Long range bombing…

The Sweetheart of the Marianas – “The Whistling Death” Vought F4U Corsair

The world of World War Two aviation enthusiasts is both united, and divided. United in the sense that all value and appreciate both the men…

Bizarre Weaponised Vehicles From Military History

You might think that you know about all the unique military weapons that have been made to date, but human beings have a penchant for…

The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From WWI & WWII

Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…

When The Nuclear Submarine USS San Francisco Crashed Into An Undersea Mountain

Launched in 1979, the USS San Francisco is the third American ship, boat or submarine to carry a title featuring San Francisco in the name.  In…

Battlecruisers: A Flawed Naval Experiment of WWI

WWI was a time of change in naval warfare. Heavy dreadnoughts were replacing older, more vulnerable ships. Submarines made their first serious appearance in combat.…

The Tragedy Of The Russian Submarine “Kursk”

The Kursk submarine disaster was the largest naval tragedy ever to happen in the Russian Federation during peacetime.  The country had been experiencing a lot of…

The Most Decorated Panzer Companies Of The Wehrmacht PART 2 – 13th (heavy) Company, SS-Panzer-Regiment 1

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Evan Pinter  Continues from  The Most Decorated Panzer Companies Of The Wehrmacht PART 1 – 2nd…