Roman Legionaries Did More Than Just Fight – Many Civilian Jobs Were Also Done By The Soldiers
Though it originally began purely as a war machine, the Roman army evolved to fill other roles. This was an inevitable outcome of the growth…
Hadrian’s Wall – One Of The Greatest Achievements Of Ancient Roman Military Engineering
Though long since reduced to ruins, the line of Hadrian’s Wall is still visible through the countryside of northern England, from Bowness on the west…
Blood and Discipline: What it Was Like to Fight in a Roman Battle
It’s the first century AD and the Roman army is at the height of its power and professionalism. You’re part of that army – a…
Five Very Different Experiences On Five Very Different Beaches : Making History At The Legendary D-Day Landings
The experiences of Allied troops landing on D-Day were very different. The paratroopers scattered by poor weather across hundreds of miles of countryside faced different…
Loyal To His Country – Missouri farmer served as munitions handler in Europe during WWII
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…
Not Just Tanks: WWI had more vehicles than we tend to think
Tanks came into their own in WWI and eventually developed into a host of modern fighting vehicles. However, tanks were not the only motorized vehicles…
The Many Lives Of A US Civil War Revenue Cutter Which Was Present At The Start Of The Civil War
Late in the day on April 11th, 1861, the ship Nashville was sailing past Charleston harbor. The crew could see a fleet of ships at…
The Battle for Lake Tanganyika was one of the Strangest Battles of World War One
Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world, and a natural wonder but one of the strangest battles of WWI took place on…
The WW2 Sinking of Two Mighty Warships – HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
On December 8, 1941, the drone of aircraft could be heard over Singapore harbor; the war in the Pacific had begun. That evening, two ships…
Harrowing Stories From Iwo Jima: One Man’s Life Onboard A Landing Ship Tank In 1945
Iwo Jima is a small island in the Southeast Pacific; rocky and dominated by a large volcano on its southern peninsula. Today, there is no…
The Sinking of KMS Blucher At The Dawn Of World War Two
It was a chilly April day in 1940 when the Phoney War ended for Norway. Snow still sat on the hills around Drøbak Sound, just…
How Churchill’s Relative Survived a Concentration Camp
During WWII, the Germans caught an Allied spy. Fortunately, she had a famous relative – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Odette Marie Céline Brailly was…