It Took A Media Storm To Get This WW2 Hero Gurkha VC Recipient Entry To The UK
Tul Bahadur Pun was a Gurkha who won many awards for his heroism in WWII. He even received the highest honor that the British could…
Hell Let Loose – A grand platoon-based realistic multiplayer FPS
You’ve never played World War 2 the way it was meant to be played… with lumbering tanks dominating the battlefield, crucial supply chains fueling the frontlines, being…
The Great War Illustrated 1917 – Review by Mark Barnes
I remember a warmish spring evening four years ago when I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament in London where a number of…
Huge WWII Bomb Discovered in Berlin Near Chancellor’s Office, Thousands Evacuated
Approximately 10,000 residents were evacuated from central Berlin on Friday after an unexploded bomb from World War II was discovered at a construction site. A…
WWII-era Plane Crashes at Naval Air Station, Killing Two
A T-6 Texan single-engine fighter plane crashed after takeoff from Naval Air Station Kingsville in southern Texas on Wednesday. The privately owned World War II-era…
Key Developments in the History of Cavalry
Devastating in their impact, terrifying for both their enemies and their steeds, cavalry units have been a key component of war for most of military…
Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan
Feudal Japan is remembered as the era of the samurai. Like the knights of feudal Europe, they were the expensively equipped warrior aristocracy. They were,…
Hidden Boneyard in Greece with German Ju-52, Stuka, C-47 and Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
War History Online presents this Guest Article from respected Blogger and Author Hans Wiesman. Check out his book and his blog. In this Dakota Hunter Blog,…
During WWII Decks of Cards Containing Hidden Maps with Escape Routes Were Distributed to POWs
Playing cards on the frontline has always been part of a soldier’s life. It was the simplest way to pass the time and to get…
Nine Rules of the Medieval Templar Knights
The Order of the Knights Templar was one of the most feared and powerful military institutions of the Middle Ages. Strict rules reinforced their courage,…
A Powerfully Symbolic Moment – On September 11, 1944, The First US Troops Cross The Border Into Nazi Germany
On Monday, September 11, 1944, an event of powerful symbolic importance took place. An American patrol crossed the border into Nazi Germany. They were the…
Bombing Germany: The Allied Campaign 1940-44
In any time of ‘total war’ human beings, driven by the will to stay alive, will do un-imaginable things of one kind or another. War…