Dakotas over Normandy On Track
The event schedule for the much anticipated “Daks over Normandy” event in June 2019 is slowly materializing. For the first time since 1944, the skies…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: 3 – Major Lidderdale’s Recovery
The earliest documentary evidence from The Tank Museum Archive on the subject of Tiger 131 tells us that the tank was recovered from the battlefield…
First Indian Army Soldier To Be Awarded VC Was The Only Man of His Team to Survive the German Onslaught at Ypres
It is a scene often played out in the movies. Wounded and overrun by superior enemy numbers, the only option was to feign death and…
An Anti-Nuclear Exhibit Comes to Los Alamos
There’s an ongoing argument regarding the manufacture and potential use of nuclear weapons. One side sees them as a necessary evil, an unfortunate side effect…
Historian Reveals Details About The Drastic Building Transformations That Occurred During WWII
A new book by historian Julie Summers tells the story of 12 stately homes, which were requisitioned by the British government to help with the…
Hans Joachim Marseille, Anti Nazi & One Of The Most Amazing Fighter Pilots Of WWII
He was among Germany’s most accomplished flying Aces during WWII – though he hated killing. His success was valuable propaganda for the Nazis – yet…
The First Avengers
It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie. A small cadre of Jews hatched a plot that would kill six million Germans, by poisoning…
The Invasion of Poland in the Opening Stages of World War Two
The invasion of Poland was one in a long line of acts of Nazi German aggression. It was also the one that tipped Europe into…
The Victoria Cross Recipient who Sailed his Submarine Full of Explosives into a Viaduct during the Zeebrugge Raid
War History Online Presents this Guest Blog From Christopher Sandford – author of the book “Zeebrugge 1918: The Greatest Raid of All” Shortly after midnight on…
Vietnam: Ignored Heavy Damage To His Aircraft & Repeatedly Attacked Enemy FLAK With Bombs & Cannon Fire
In 1967, the US Air Force attacked an industrial facility in North Vietnam. One of the American planes was severely damaged by intense flak, both…
Putten: The Wehrmacht Carted Off 601 Dutch Men To Concentration Camps, Only 48 Returned
It is a matter of historical fact that Nazi Germany committed truly horrific crimes against humanity during WWII. Germany and 14 other countries have even…
The Warsaw Uprising: The Heroic Final Stand of the Polish Home Army and the Destruction of Warsaw
Throughout World War II, the people of Poland were stuck between Nazi Germany and their old enemy the Russians. Occupied by Nazi Germany since 1939,…