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“Destroyer of Beasts” – the ISU-152

Object 241 or ISU-152 was a Soviet heavy self-propelled artillery vehicle during the Second World War. The designation “ISU” stands for self-propelled installation, created on…

The Trinidad Plan – Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Bay of Pigs

In the middle of the Cold War in Central America, a battle was fought, that could drastically change the geopolitics of the entire region by…

Remember That Time Israel Stole a MiG 21?

The Mossad is well known and considered one of the elite intelligence institutions in the world. The organization has accomplished many incredible feats over the…

Secret CIA Operation to Recover Lost Soviet Submarine

The story is straight out of a Cold War techno-thriller.  It’s February 1968, and the Soviet submarine K-129 has disappeared while conducting its ordinary patrols…

Not Everyone Gets a Rocket – Building ICBM’s is Still No Easy Task

One would think that with the world’s current technical expertise, building Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) should be a relatively easy task but it seems that…

The Rosenbergs: Willing to Die for Communism

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American communists who were executed on June 19, 1953, on charges of smuggling atomic secrets to the USSR. Julius was…

Taos Warrant Officer Trains Next Generation

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…

Object 1161 – Hidden Soviet Bunker

During the Cold War, underground command posts were actively built in the Soviet Union. In 1986, a large construction project was started in the forest…

Clever Soviets – How the USSR got Missiles to Cuba Without Detection

One of the Soviet Union’s finest military operations was the secret deployment of nuclear missiles and tens of thousands of servicemen to Cuba in 1962.…

Operation Eagle Claw – The Disaster that Changed American Special Operations

The April 24th Op is a major event in the history of the United States’ Special Forces operations not just because it was among the…

Warrant Officer 5 got Her Start in WAC and as MP

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…

Canadians Unable to Sell Obsolete Leopard Tanks

The Canadian military is stuck with 50 decommissioned Leopard 1C2 after modernizing with the Leopard 2. An attempt to sell the older tanks to Jordan…