50th anniversary of Hollywood war movie ‘The Great Escape’
It is the 50th anniversary of the Hollywood World War Two movie ‘The Great Escape’ this June. The movie was based on a book telling…
GUEST BLOGGER U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: The Discovery of U2506 (image heavy)
By Dr Innes McCartney During the Operation Deadlight Expeditions, we aimed to find, record and identify some of the 116 U-boats that were dumped at…
The unbelievably massive Lun class ekranoplan -plane/boat/ship!!!!! (image heavy)
In 1987, the Soviets produced the first ground battle missile carrier named ‘Lun’. Lun weighed 350 tons and carried six Moskitcruise missiles which were classified…
Crystal City Internment Camp – FDR’s Secret Exchange Program
Carmen Higa Mochizuki was just an eleven-year-old girl when her father, who was a poor milk seller in Peru, was arrested. All her nine siblings,…
The Hungarian Holocaust Diaries of Maria Madi
On March 26, 1944, Maria Madi wrote that she “was going to be a witness.” Her handwritten 16 volume diary is just that as it…
World War Two B-29 pilot tells his story to US Marines
A 92 year old World War Two B-29 pilot has visited US Marines at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego to tell them his story and…
Post-World War Two vintage flying experiences offered
The Douglas DC-3 aircraft is the epitome of 1940s glamour travel. Not long after World War Two had ended the DC-3 offered large cabin space,…
Author & historian Alex Kershaw joins War History Online as Guest Blogger!
Since the publication of the instant classic The Bedford Boys in 2003, the journalist, documentary maker and writer Alex Kershaw has continued to produce best-selling…
Abandoned submarines & check out the video!
Submarines, the hunter killer ships we all know from the first and second world war. Or the missile submarines that hide in the deep oceans,…
GUEST BLOGGER U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: The Discovery of U2506 (image heavy)
By Dr Innes McCartney During the Operation Deadlight Expeditions, we aimed to find, record and identify some of the 116 U-boats that were dumped at…
MUST SEE! 19 beautiful WWII images by the masters of colourisation
We are used to viewing the war in black and white. So when you get to see colourised images it brings the war to us…
World War Two B-17 restored to former glory
A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that was flown during World War Two has been restored to its original glory and was unveiled at the National…