Battle of Borodino re-enactment takes place near Moscow
[Via] A mass battle re-enactment Napoleonic warshas taken place near Moscow to commemorate the Battle of Borodino during the Napoleonic wars. The Battle of Borodino…
10 Things You Never Knew About The P-38 Lightning??
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II American fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive…
The wreck of thee DUKW sunk in Italy will be recovered – could hold the remains of 24 soldiers
The DUKW was an amphibious vehicle used by American forces in World War II. Near the end of the war, one of them sunk in…
26 sad images of WWII Airplane graveyards & storage sites
These are very sad images of, now priceless, warbirds that were left to rot outside to be recycled later. During and after WWII crash landed and…
The Human Bomb – Jumped From Stricken B-17 Without A Parachute And Survived
In 1943, an American airman participated in the bombing spree of a French town, resulting in incredible devastation. The man wasn’t satisfied, however, so he…
Scariest Nuclear Bomb Accidents in History
Nuclear bombs, the ultimate weapons of mass destruction. It would stand to reason that a ridiculous amount of safety protocols would exist to prevent an…
WWII Veteran Transmitted The News of Japanese Surrender 70 Years Ago
A World War Two US veteran, now aged 93, reminisces as the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allies approaches. Stephen Dennis was a…
Surgeon who head-butted an enemy soldier for threatening one of his patients, then killed 98 Japanese
Many humans worldwide fear going to the Dentist for pretty obvious reasons: The pain, the worry that you’ll have to get a cavity filled, and…
Black Hawk Down: The amazing & sad story of the MoH recipients – the 1st since the Vietnam war.
Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions. Medal of Honor citation Citation: Sergeant First Class Shughart,…
Low Flying B-17 From ‘The War Lover’ Movie – This Is Some Crazy Flying (Watch)
This video shows several low passes by a B-17 at RAF Bovingdon in England; it’s a clip from the movie “The War Lover.” The War…
‘SUVLA 15’ A new history of a critical period of the Gallipoli campaign from Salient Books
We welcome books from publishers big and small at War History Online and it is especially pleasing to let you know about this new title…
China holds victory over Japan military parade
China has this week held a huge military parade to commemorate the country’s victory over Japan during World War Two. The parade was held in…