The Incredible Messerschmitt Me163: Years Ahead of Its Time
When it took to the skies in 1944, the Messerschmitt Me163 Komet looked like something out of a science fiction serial. One of the stranger…
M24 Chaffee “Panther Pup” in Photos
The M24 Chaffee Light Tank, officially known as Light Tank, M24, was named after the U.S. Army General Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., who helped introduce…
Coming Home! North Korea Returns War Remains to United States
On the 65th anniversary of the Armistice of the Korean war, North Korea has released a set of war remains to the United States. This…
Fast Battleships of WWII: South Dakota Class in Photos
During the late 1930s, as the world drew closer to the Second World War, the General Board of the United States Navy met to discuss…
Rommel Defeats the Free French: Battle of Bir Hakeim
In 1942, the army of the Free French lost the Battle of Bir Hakeim against Rommel in the North African desert. However, in war, sometimes…
Argentine Air Force Pilots in the Falklands
In May and June 1982, a group of Argentine pilots in 20-year-old A-4B Skyhawk attack aircraft seriously troubled the British forces in the Falkland Islands…
Nazi Collaborator Deported to Germany
An elderly man who committed war crimes in occupied Poland during the Second World War, 95-year-old Jakiw Palij, has finally been ordered to be shipped…
U.S. WWII Tank Development Errors
As the Second World War approached, the United States of America was not well equipped for armored warfare. When the government started preparing for mass…
Butcher Cumberland & the Last Highland Charge – Battle of Culloden
The Jacobite uprising emerged with the purpose of returning James II of England and VII of Scotland to the throne. From 1688 the Jacobite’s provoked…
50 Years of French Tanks
Renault FT-17 Light Tank Designed in 1916 and first sent into action in 1917, the FT-17 was France’s second ever serving tank. A narrow armored…
Vietnam Gunboat Captain’s 1st Hand Account – Night on the River
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Richard Kirshen Patrolling the rivers of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam during daylight hours in the late…
Could German Aircraft Carriers Have Won the Battle of the Atlantic?
It might be easy to throw out a discernible “no” when asking such a historical “what if” given that we know the real outcome. What…