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Object 1161 – Hidden Soviet Bunker

During the Cold War, underground command posts were actively built in the Soviet Union. In 1986, a large construction project was started in the forest…

Clever Soviets – How the USSR got Missiles to Cuba Without Detection

One of the Soviet Union’s finest military operations was the secret deployment of nuclear missiles and tens of thousands of servicemen to Cuba in 1962.…

Fort Casey Celebrates Big Guns’ 50th anniversary Aug 11

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and Fort Casey Historical State Park invite the public to attend the 50th anniversary celebration of the Big…

Gettysburg Day – Was Pickett’s Charge Necessary?

What had been a three-day showdown between the Union Army under the command of Major General George G. Meade and General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate…

Mossad Retrieves Legendary Agent’s Watch After 50 Years

Nadia Cohen, the wife of the legendary Mossad undercover agent Eli Cohen, was thrilled to be presented with her husband’s personal wristwatch over 50 years…

Marine Vet is Warrior for Hope

Ian Harvey

In 2017, marine veteran Rob Jones completed 31 marathons in 31 days.  He did this in 31 cities across the United States.  In 2013 he…

Operation Eagle Claw – The Disaster that Changed American Special Operations

The April 24th Op is a major event in the history of the United States’ Special Forces operations not just because it was among the…

Warrant Officer 5 got Her Start in WAC and as MP

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…

Canadians Unable to Sell Obsolete Leopard Tanks

The Canadian military is stuck with 50 decommissioned Leopard 1C2 after modernizing with the Leopard 2. An attempt to sell the older tanks to Jordan…

The L-39 Albatros – Czech Engineering at Its Finest

The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer and light-ground attack aircraft. It was developed by Aero Vodochody in the 1960s in Czechoslovakia.  Along…

500 Year Old 2-Handed Sword Found in Norwegian Lake

Lake Mjøsa, Norway’s largest freshwater lake has given up a five-hundred-year-old sword.  While many treasure hunters use metal detectors, MiroBaricic and Knut-Erik Gylder of Norway…

Microsoft Giant Recovering Sunken History

Paul Gardner Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and number forty-three on the list of the wealthiest people in the world, is trying to make a…