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Once the Fastest Destroyer in the World – Russian Destroyer Wreckage Found

The Novik was the fastest ship of its time. The Russian destroyer, called the Yakov Sverdlov during the Soviet period, sank after encountering a mine…

The Last Witness – Powerful WWII Thriller on DVD & Digital August 27th

England, 1947. The fight for the truth begins. Directed by BAFTA Award Nominee Piotr Szkopiak, The Last Witness is a political thriller based on the…

The Hellish Environment of German Stalag #352 in Belarus

Ruslan Budnik

Stalags were camps created by the Wehrmacht armed forces to keep prisoners of war who belonged to the rank and file. These places were created…

WWII SAS Hero Awarded the Légion d’honneur at 98 Years Old

The adage of better late than never certainly applies to Mike Sadler, now 98, who was recently presented with an award for his bravery during…

6 Hawker Fighter Planes that Took the RAF from Biplanes to Jets

Founded between the world wars, Hawker Aircraft Limited produced some of Britain’s most successful fighters. The Hawker Fury The Fury was a small biplane. First…

A Lone T-34 and 2 Tankers that Wouldn’t Give Up

In the Fall of 1943, fierce battles were fought in the Nevelsky district south of Pskov. Troops of the Soviet Third and Fourth Shock Army…

4 Incredible People Who Helped Smuggle POWs Out of Nazi Europe

During the Second World War, many brave people risked their lives working in resistance groups. One of the ways in which they served was by…

Allied Failure and Lessons Learned: 1st Battle for Tunisia in WWII

Following the arrival of American troops in North Africa in late 1942, the Allies began pressing the Germans and Italians from two directions – the…

You Have Always Wanted to Own a Mig 3 – Now You Can

An opportunity to own and operate something *very* unique! The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-3) was a Soviet fighter and interceptor aircraft used…

King of the Battlefield: 26 Pictures of The Hummel Self-Propelled Artillery

Artillery has been called the “King of the Battlefield”. After the initial success of the German offensive against the Soviet Union in 1941, the Wehrmacht…

MIA Marines at Battle of Tarawa Found, Returned Home after Over 70 Years

The tiny atoll of Tarawa, one of the island chains that makes up modern-day Kiribati, looks much too peaceful and serene to have hosted the…

Women Warriors of the Philippines – WWII Heroines Helped Liberate Their Country

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Pacificatrocities.org The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th of 1941 represented the initial step of…