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RAF Veteran On Stand-by With Vulcan Bomber During Cuban Missile Crisis

A Royal Air Force veteran has claimed to have been aboard a plane carrying atomic weapon during the Cuban Missile Crisis Geoff Bainbridge joined the…

A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.

Christmas in 2015 was a bit weird due to recent changes in my life and I was never much of a fan anyway. I don’t…

Restored Military Equipment Presented to US National Museum

Having been painstakingly restored to their former glory, a couple of interesting historical relics that have seen U.S. war action have been presented to a…

Half Blind This Japanese Pilot Managed To Fly His Damaged Zero For 5 Hours, Then Refusing Medical Attention Before Making His Mission Report

During WWII, Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai served as a naval aviator with the Imperial Japanese Navy. He claimed 64 victories, one of which was made after…

“Size 36” The Movie That Revealed The B-36 “Million Dollar Blunder” To The Public (Watch)

Shown here is a 1950 era propaganda produced by the U.S. Signal Corp highlighting the then new B-36 intercontinental nuclear bomber. Playing in the U.S.…

Heart Warming! 101st Airborne Veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin Meets Damien Lewis (Watch)

During the 70th anniversary commemorations of the beginning of our campaign in Normandy, Jim Martin was fortunate to meet several of the actors involved in HBO’s…

Top 10 Disturbing War History Urban Legends

There’s a grain of truth in every urban legend and with that said, here are ten disturbing urban legends that rose up throughout the history…

Remembering the Battle of Jutland

Very rarely one witnesses the event like the one that is planned by the British and German Naval authorities to be held next year. Warships…

Royal Navy officer who seized Enigma machine from a raided German U-Boat has died aged 95

A Royal Navy veteran and hero has died aged 95. Lieutenant Commander David Balme led the team who stole the Nazis’ infamous Enigma machine after…

Battle of Stirling Bridge to be Memorialised With New Monument

The Battle of Stirling Bridge is to be marked at the site of the conflict in Scotland with works of art to create a permanent…

William Unger,Well-known Veteran of WWII, Korea and Vietnam, Passes Away

A well-known former US Marine Corps serviceman, William Thomas Unger, has passed away at the age of 94. Mr. Unger saw action in three wars…

When Malaria Sided With Napoleon: The Doomed British Walcheren Expedition That Cost 4,000 Lives

The British expedition sent to Walcheren in the Netherlands in 1809 was one of the boldest moves of the Napoleonic wars. Unfortunately for the soldiers…