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World of Tanks Goes Live Today on PlayStation 4!

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Wargaming is proud to announce that World of Tanks goes live today on PlayStation®4, bringing intense, free-to-play, 15v15 tank warfare to a new generation of…

Korean War Hero Finally Buried at home, 65 Years After He Died

A Korean War hero who died in action and was missing for nearly 66 years is finally being returned home for a full military funeral…

An Interview With Stephen Harding, Author of The Last Battle When American And German Soldiers Fought The SS Together

Stephen Harding tells about his book “The Last Battle” which will be turned into a major motion picture, and upcoming projects. Please tell us the…

TWO German WWII Halftracks Pulled From River in Poland

Two rare German halftracks from WWII – a Sd. Kfz. 250 – light armored halftrack and a Sd. Kfz. 7 halftrack artillery tractor were excavated form…

The Battleship of Union Square: How a 200ft Wooden ‘Destroyer’ Got Recruits To Join the Navy

The destroyer USS Recruit docked at Manhattan’s Union Square in 1917, but was in fact a wooden replica that was used as a recruitment drive to encourage civilians…

Special Treatment for Hitler While Imprisoned in the 1920s

Newly revealed documents have shown that when Adolf Hitler spent time in prison during the 1920s, he received special treatment, including a supply of beer.…

The Panavia Tornado – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online

Pen & Sword produced some genuinely lovely aviation photo archive books during 2015 and I still have a few to tell you about that appeared…

1946 – The Makings Of The Post-war World – Details Beginning Of The Cold War

At the end of World War Two life was depressing for the millions of war-torn people left to survive across Europe and the Pacific. There…

Revolutionary War-era Ship Discovered in Virginia

Located on the Potomac River, the history of the city of Alexandria in Virginia dates back to 1749, when it was first founded. People were…

3 Ways That Gold, Biscuits And Tootsie Rolls Can Influence The Outcome Of Battles!

In the heat of battle, a harmless mistake can turn into a fatal one. This is especially true when supplies get mixed up and troops…

An American Experience in Vietnam – 14 Sad But Powerful Images

Zentih Press has released a must-have commemorative volume that presents material from the classic illustrated history The Vietnam Experience, now anthologized for the 50th anniversary…

The movie 300 has way more historical value than you might think

Many people would scoff immediately after reading this title, but the almost ten year old movie 300 really does have a lot to contribute to…