Montana Battleships – Size Matters in the Huge Legend of the Montana Class BB
Reputation can be just as daunting as reality, and never is that truer than during wartime. When the enemy is frightened of what he might…
Best Union Generals Not Named “Grant” and “Sherman” – We Picked 3
Very generally speaking, most American Civil War professors, informal historians, and novices can easily tick off a list of well-known and talented Confederate generals. The…
What Pearl Harbor Taught Asia…And the West
Is there any wisdom in fighting with your neighbor if your family is already mired in a dispute with someone else down the block? Any…
Woman At War Remembered: Chapelle Set An Unparalleled Bar For Bravery
It is likely that when Georgette Meyer was born in America’s mid-west in the early 20th century, her parents envisioned for her a life as…
MiG-19 – 1st Soviet Supersonic Fighter
In the early 1950s, as the world’s superpowers realized that a Cold War was inevitable, the United States and the Soviet Union began to compete…
SS Monster of Treblinka – “Lalke” Kurt Hubert Franz
Kurt Hubert Franz was the commander at the Treblinka extermination camp, and one of the largest war criminals of the Holocaust, he was born in…
Sub Hunter – Douglas B-18 Bolo in Photos
The Douglas B-18 Bolo served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) in the late 1930s and early…
Front-Line General – Norman Cota in WWII
Grey eyed and craggy-featured, General Norman Cota was one of the more distinctive generals who took part in the 1944-5 campaign in Western Europe. A…
Happy Warrior – Private Wojtek in the Polish Army
After Germany attacked the USSR during World War II, Joseph Stalin restored diplomatic relations with Poland at the request of the Allies. Under the terms…
Messerschmitt Fodder – U.K. Fairey Battle with Tons of Photos
The Fairey Battle was a monoplane owned by Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF). The single-engine light bomber was designed by Marcel Lobelle and manufactured by…
The Truth About the King George WWII Campaign Medal Ribbons
Eight different campaign stars were issued for the Second World War. The ribbons are believed to have been designed by King George VI personally and…
Escape and Evade and Afrika Corps – Book Review
Reviewed by Phil Hodges for War History Online. We’re pleased to welcome back Phil Hodges and his famous knees to the WHO reviews department. EVASION…