6 Less Well Known Facts About The Infamous Battle of the Somme
1. The Battle of the Somme was originally meant to be predominantly a French offensive. The Battle of the Somme was first planned in late…
La Decima: Italian Pigs, Manned Torpedoes and Kamikaze-Style Speedboat Attacks
Under the rule of Benito Mussolini, an Italian frogman unit called La Decima was created. The unique group consisted of men capable of the most…
Surrounded & Isolated John Fox Called Artillery on His Own Position & Killed Over 100 Germans
Often in war, gallant men will embrace what seems like certain death to accomplish the mission. Perhaps in the back of their minds, there is…
USS Hornet Museum Receives Face-Lift, Courtesy Of AkzoNobel
Paints, coatings and chemicals company donates 1,600+ gallons of paint to give Museum new look Aircraft carriers take a beating during times of war, but…
VC To Go On Display For First Time Ever
One of only four Victoria Crosses won by tank crews in WW1 will go on public display for the first time on the centenary of…
Tanks For The Memories: The First Ever Tank Commander, by The Tank Museum
The first man ever to command a tank in battle only volunteered for the secret mission because learning to fly aeroplanes was so dangerous, his…
Lenin And Stalin In Safehouse – Latest ‘Revolution 360’ Video Unveiled By RT
RT released its newest 360 video illustrating scenes from Revolutionary Russia, this time featuring revolutionaries Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin hiding out in a safe…
The Evacuation of Gallipoli, The Brilliant End To A Disastrous Campaign
To Europeans, Canadians, and Americans, stories of World War I often focus on the great battles of the Western Front like the Somme, Ypres, Verdun,…
Turning Point of WWII – The Battle of Britain – Part 1
War History Online Presents Part one of the guest Blog from Chris Charland. The 15th of September 1940 was undoubtedly the decisive turning point in…
The Invasion of Kos: The Killing of 103 Royal Italian Army Officers
War History Online presents a Guest Article by Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi In the early hours of 3rd October 1943, a number of German Naval vessels arrived…
Canadian fighter pilot in WWI ordered to go back to flight school. He didn’t. Instead, he went on to shoot down 72 enemy aircraft
Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop was a Canadian fighter pilot in WWI who crashed his plane during a practice run and was ordered to…
Battle of the Bulge – A Punch In The Gut
Just before The Battle of the Bulge, Allied officers drew an eighty-eight-mile line through the forests, hills, and ravines that make the region called The…