The BBC’s Treason In The Falklands War At The Battle of Goose Green
The Battle of Goose Green in 1982 was part of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina. It was especially notable for two things –…
The Rescued Film Project – Uncovering Amazing WW2 Photographs By Unknown Soldier (Watch)
The Second World War is considered to be one of the most filmed and photographed conflicts in history. There were photographers attached to the armies,…
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…
Awesome – Firing the 88mm FLAK Gun (Watch)
One of the most famous weapons used by the Germans in World War II was the Flugabwehrkanoneor – Flak for short. The word means ‘aircraft…
Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1932 – Long Before Alan Turing
The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…
Blue Angels Fat Albert Crazy Gut-Wrenching Take Off (Watch)
Fat Albert is the name given to a twenty-four-year-old C-130 Hercules aircraft. The Hercules is a troop transporter, and Fat Albert performs an important role…
Andy Murray Commemorates the Battle of the Somme With Sport Remembers Campaign
The Royal British Legion has launched a slightly different commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme with their “Sport Remembers” campaign.…
Jacklyn H. Lucas – Mr Immortal – Awarded the MoH age 17 – Used His Body To Shield His Squad From Two Grenades
For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…
Fast Facts – One Of The Bloodiest Battles In WW1 – The Battle of the Somme
One of the most destructive events of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme was a 142-day campaign including a series of smaller…
The Forgotten War In S.W. Pacific: Air Raids From Australia Against The Dutch East Indies
War History Online Presents this Guest Blog from Author and Blogger Hans Wiesman. Check out his Blog and his Book. In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you…
Harwich, Massachusetts Honors Missing WWII Pilot With Bridge Named After Him
Despite a letter in 1943 from U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Robert Jones that her husband, Navy pilot Ralph Wallace Burns was missing, she never stopped…
Holocaust Deniers: Denying The Historical Record
History states that six million Jewish people, including one and a half million children, were murdered by the Nazi regime between the years 1941-1945. Despite the…