True: A Stranded Dutch Warship In WWII Disguising Itself As An Island To Evade Japanese Bombers
The Netherlands officially surrendered on May 15th, 1940. However, its Navy continued the fight. Part of the navy was deployed in the Dutch East Indies…
Austria Attempting to Tear Down House Hitler Was Born In
The Interior Minister of Austria said that he would like to tear down the house where Adolf Hitler was born to prevent it from becoming…
Germany apologises for Herero Genocide
“I believe that the nation as such should be annihilated, or, if this is not possible by tactical measures, expelled from the country. The Herero…
The Tupolev TU-95RTs (Bear D) and theTU-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…
Waking Up To Find A Nuclear Bomb In The Back Yard
In 1958, a nuclear bomb landed in the Gregg yard. It made a crater, killed some poultry, injured some family members (not too seriously), and…
Hell in the Pacific (2001) – Powerful, Heart-Rending, Intimate Look At The Horror Of The Pacific In WW2 (Watch)
The story of the battles in the Pacific between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of…
What if Crassus won at Carrhae: A Roman Middle East? A Bigger Civil War? What do You Think?
Crassus is an interesting character in Roman history. He was incredibly wealthy, one of the richest men before the emperors, but craved some military glory.…
5 Most Iconic War Photographs Of All Time
War photography has allowed the world to see the truth about the atrocities of some of the world’s biggest conflicts since as early as the…
Night Witches – Soviet Female Flying Aces Who Struck Terror Into the Hearts of the German Wehrmacht
In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Because of their superior technology and their rapid success in taking territory, the Germans had expected a quick…
Dive on the wreck of HMS Invincible (Watch)
HMS Invincible was built by Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Company on Tyneside. She was launched on the 13th of April 1907 and had an eventful…
Poland and Russia involved in a spat over the Volyn Massacre
Poland and the Ukraine have enjoyed amicable relations for many years, but one controversy that refuses to go away concerns one of the many horrific…
A Look at Vietnam War Movies
Hollywood always had trouble with the Vietnam War. The conflict divided the nation and had no easy story line for the screen. In 1968, John…