Stunning Must See Video Of A Dakota AC-47 T, Acting As Lethal Spooky Killer
War History Online Presents this Guest Article By Author and Blogger Hans Wiesman – Check Out His Website! In this Dakota Hunter Blog post, you’ll…
Ham & Jam – The Daring Glider Operation To Take Pegasus Bridge
On the night before D-Day, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, 181 men of the Glider Infantry of the British 6th Airborne Division…
The Defense of Brest Fortress In WW2 – “We’ll Die But We Won’t Leave The Fortress”
Brest Fortress and the town of Brest are located in modern day Belarus. In 1939 the town was conquered by the Germans during the invasion…
The Weapons They Carried: Infantry Weapons That Were Crucial to World War Two
Let’s take a look at the top 10 WWII Infantry Rifles of WWII, both Allied and Axis. M1 Garand The M1 Garand was the standard…
The Day That The USA Invaded Russia And Fought The Red Army
The US Armed Forces and the Red Army, although great rivals, only once met in battle. Even though during the Cold War a number of…
When Four Prisoners Escaped From Auschwitz In The Kommander’s Car
In 1942, four Polish prisoners at Auschwitz had had enough. They wanted to escape, but if they did (regardless of whether or not they succeeded),…
Abdul Hafiz, The Indian Muslim Recipient of the Victoria Cross, Killed Aged 18
In the modern era, the age of 18 is often considered the point at which one is expected to branch out from the home and…
The Evacuation of Dunkirk, The Evacuation That Kept Britain’s Hopes Of Victory Alive
The events of May and early June 1940 were equal parts disaster and Miracle. For France, it was a complete disaster – a total military defeat by…
How the Royal Navy kept order, Through Caning, Flogging, and Hanging
By the end of the 18th century, the wooden walls of England, as her Navy was so often called, was comprised of one of the…
The Versailles Peace Treaty – Ending The Great War In 1918
The treaty of Versailles was one of several peace treaties which signaled the end of the devastating years of World War I. It sealed the end…
In The Korean War, UN forces Held Off A Chinese Force 10 Times Their Size For Two Days
The Battle of Chipyong-ni has been labeled as ‘the Gettysburg of the Korean War’ and has been singled out as one of the greatest regimental…
Banzai Cliff, The Site of Hundreds of Suicides at the End of the Battle of Saipan
Banzai Cliff, also known as Suicide Cliff, was the site of a massive group suicide which took place during World War II. Located on the north side…