Decades after the end of the War, one veteran receives the decorations he deserves
There are an estimated 620,000 surviving Second World War veterans, or 3.9 percent of the 16 million who served, according to U.S. Department of Veterans…
The ‘Cisco Kids’: Tuskegee Airmen brothers George and Arnold Cisco
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Eugene Jones Baldwin Arnold and George Cisco grew up in mostly white, rural Jerseyville, Illinois, graduating with…
75th Ranger Regiment to welcome first female soldier in spring
In a first for the U.S. military, a female soldier is expected to join the Army’s select 75th Ranger Regiment this spring, service officials announced…
Amazingly Preserved – WWII P-40 Kittyhawk Discovered in the Egyptian Desert (Watch)
It was the Kittyhawk that captured the world’s interest. In 2012, Polish oil exploration workers came across this eerily well-preserved WWII P-40 Kittyhawk in the…
The Dawn of the Submarine: U-21 sinks HMS Pathfinder
In 1914 submarines were still a novel idea. Many nations had not utilized them until 1900, Germany not until 1906. Soon their worth would be…
Real Footage of WWII Air and Sea Battles: The Fleet that Came to Stay (Watch)
In 1945, the United States was waging a bloody war in the Pacific Theater, locked in a deadly battle with the Empire of Japan. Their…
The Unlucky Soviet Nuclear Submarine K-19, Nicknamed “Hiroshima”
The misfortunes of the Soviet nuclear submarine K-19 could fit into some mariner’s folk tales of bad luck at sea. Even during its construction, a…
Unexploded WW2 Bomb Causes Evacuation in Hong Kong
Yet another Second World War unexploded bomb caused the evacuation of dozens of people in Hong Kong recently. Construction workers discovered the 227 kg weapon at…
In the Solomon Islands, Unexploded Ordnance, Wartime Relics, and Human Remains are all a part of life
In the Solomon Islands, on the edge of the Munda Airport, there is a pile of rusted metal. Most of it is no longer recognizable,…
Fort Wainwright in Alaska started life as a cold weather testing base in World War Two
What is now known as Fort Wainwright began as Ladd Field, an Army Air Corps cold weather testing facility in Alaska that began operation in…
The Japanese Internment Camps in Arizona
Over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were moved to internment camps due to an executive order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt which he signed on February 19, 1942.…
Amazing Drone Footage of a Secret German U-boat in Finland
In 1930 a Dutch company ordered the construction of a U-boat in Finland. NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (which in Dutch means, “Engineer-office for shipbuilding”) was,…