“It Gave Us Strength” – U.S. Army Veteran Describes Service As Platoon Leader During Vietnam War
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…
The Shield of Rome: Fabius Cunctator
Many generals are overshadowed or underappreciated for what they did for their state; Belisarius who reconquered much of the lost Western Roman Empire and Tamerlane,…
Civil War Spies: The Secret, Underground Peace Societies Of The American Civil War
Though we may think of the South as a unified place in which the Confederacy was born and fought for, it was a place divided…
How The Spear Transformed Warfare – From Ancient Times To The Age Of Gunpowder
Spears have featured in warfare throughout history. Even after the arrival of firearms, spears continued to play a dominant role, from the pike blocks of…
Single Combat in Ancient Rome
David and Goliath, Hector and Achilles, Romulus and Acro. Great instances of single combat are not limited to these far distant and historically vague events.…
The Siege of Masada: Rome’s Assertion of Authority
During Rome’s centuries as a growing empire it faced countless rebellions and challenges to its dominance of the Mediterranean, the old Italian allies even revolted…
Jesse Owens And the Berlin Olympics – In 1951, Owens returned to Berlin and met Long’s surviving son – the ten-year-old Kai-Heinrich
The grandson of slaves, he got a college degree and became an international legend. Despite being sickly, he set athletic records that took decades to…
5 Kings Who Made Sparta a Military Great
The Kingdom of Sparta is one of the most famous city states of ancient Greece. The harsh military upbringing given to its male citizens has…
Cigar Smoked by Sir Winston Churchill Sold at Auction for $12,000
Everybody knows the classic image of Sir Winston Churchill with his trademark cigar. It’s an iconic image, and the cigar has become synonymous with the…
“A Lost Cause” – Neo-Nazi Octogenarian Has Been Convicted of Sedition But Has Yet To Be Jailed
For the fifth time since 2004 Neo-Nazi extremist, Ursula Hedwig Meta Haverbeck-Wetzel has been arrested, tried and convicted of sedition and publicly denying the Holocaust…
These Ten Facts About WW1 Have Been Largely Forgotten
In these centennial years of the First World war, let’s look back at some of the more unknown facts about WW1. Were the Generals leading the…
Super-Sized Siege Guns From World War One And Two – These Are Simply Massive
In the 19th century, transport limitations restricted the size of artillery. If a piece of equipment could not be pulled by horses, then it could…