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The ‘Huey’ – Legendary Workhorse of Vietnam War in 30 Pictures

When speaking about the Vietnam War what image comes to mind first? Every war has some iconic machines that exceeded expectations. For the Vietnam War (also known as…

German Attack on Fort San Carlos and Teddy Roosevelt’s Response

Maracaibo is the second largest city in Venezuela with a population of 1.3 million people. It is situated along the waterway that runs from Lake…

Escape Master of WWII – Brigadier Norman Crockatt

During the Second World War, Allied prisoners of war (POWs) were greatly helped in their escape attempts by MI9, a secretive department of the British…

Axis Invasion of the Balkans and Crete with Photos

Herbert Kikoy

On June 10, 1940, Italy’s Benito Mussolini, with his self-delusion of greatness, declared war on Britain and France. Given the state at the time of…

The Owl-Eagle – 14 Facts About the Heinkel He219 Night Fighter

During the Second World War, night-time bombing raids became common, and both sides of the conflict tried to give their pilots and planes a better…

Reverse-Engineering the B-29 Into the Soviet Tupolev TU-4

The American relationship with the Soviet Union during WWII (1939-45) was an exceedingly strange one. For some two decades, the United States and the Soviet…

Browning M1911s For Sale – US Gov’t Liquidating Stock of Classic Sidearm

Imagine entering the Army and receiving your personal firearms only to see that the pistol that you are issued, the Browning M1911, looks very much…

Best Commerce Raider in History – CSS Alabama

In 200 feet of water off the north coast of France, near the port of Cherbourg, lies a Confederate warship which never saw a Confederate…

Mountain Warriors of WWII – Moroccan Goumiers

Praise Ojo

The part played by the Moroccan Goumiers in the Second World War has to some extent been overlooked by historians, but these Muslim mountain fighters…

Armored Fist of Germany – Photos and Video of the Panzerfaust Anti-Tank Weapon

The enormous scale of tank warfare during World War II consequently lead to creating counter-measures. The armor of early tanks was relatively thin. However, that…

Submarine Hunters and Flying Boats – Seaplanes in World War One

The First World War was not the first time that planes had been used in warfare, but it was the first time they were deployed…

Diary Reveals Firsthand Account of Fierce Turkish-Russian Battles

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jack Snowden Following the calamitous defeat of the Turkish army at Sarıkamış in late 1914 and early 1915,…