Charge the Eastern Front in ‘Tannenberg’- The Authentic WW1 Game Series Expands To A New Theater
Tannenberg, the new game from the two studios behind Verdun – Blackmill Games and M2H – enters open beta via Steam Early Access! Tannenberg is…
Nazis Killed Her Husband, She Bought and Drove a T-34 & Then Went On a Rampage
They say that “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” But if you take her love away, it gets a helluva lot worse –…
The Fall of the Aztecs, The Bloody Path to Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan was an absolutely amazing city. The city was larger than any in Europe at the time and held approximately 200,000 people with some estimates…
15 Facts & Images About One of The Best Inventions of WW2 – The DUKW
The DUKW, also known as the “Duck,” was a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle used in World War II by the US military for transporting good and…
Breaking The Deadlock – Machine Gun Tactics of WWI
The machine-gun was possibly the most valuable weapon in defining the fighting of WWI. Its massive firepower devastated infantry formations and virtually eradicated the use…
The Sub-Machine Gun – A New Kind Of Weapon For A New Kind Of War
Born from Trenches WWI created a new sort of fighting. Weapons that could deliver high volumes of fire were essential to defending trenches. If they…
Landmines From The Battle of El Alamein Are Still Claiming Lives Today
The Battle of El Alamein was a critical battle in World War II which heralded the beginning of the end for the Nazi regime. Though…
Caesar’s Greatest Victory: The Battle of Alesia, 52 BC – Reviewed by Stuart McClung
Long before his rendezvous with the Ides of March, 44BC, Julius Caesar was one of the ancient world’s most accomplished military leaders. Between his campaigns…
Perspectives on the Character of Charles XII of Sweden: PART 2
War History Online presents this guest blog by Benjamin Phelps Bain: Charles was more Extraordinary than Great American historian Robert Nisbet Bain writes his biography, Charles…
The Greatest Underdog Victories in Pre-Gunpowder Battles
Ancient and Medieval generals were often smart enough to avoid battle against a much larger force but throughout history there are many cases where much…
The Battle of Pliska – a Byzantine military disaster
Though they clung to the name of the Roman Empire, the Byzantines never achieved the glory of their predecessors. Theirs was an empire in slow…
The picture has become iconic, if you ask any Marine, the one thing they praise about this picture as much as any other is the First Sergeant’s remarkable trigger discipline
Every war has its iconic pictures that will forever resonate in the minds of the public and most certainly of the men who fought it. …