The Biggest Wars in South American History
War History Online Presents this Piece by Guest Author: Luciano Camano The Spanish Empire, along with the Portuguese crown, colonized South America and is now home…
New Books From Grub Street – Review by Paul Theobald
Two great new titles from Grub Street are about to arrive on the bookshelves. Both cover little written about jet powered air defence aircraft that…
Piggyback Hero – by Ralph Kinney Bennett
We present this guest blog by author Ralph Kinney Bennett In 2003 they laid the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in…
Coming Home, 1968 – A Vietnam Veteran’s True Story By Dan Daly
War History Online presents this guest article by Dan Daly. Just over 50 years ago as a junior officer, I arrived in Coronado California to meet…
Colourised WWII Tanks – By Liana Jacob and Michael Carroll
Colourised photographs of tanks during World War II in Nazi Germany show just how the arms race to develop the ultimate tank progressed for all…
Echo of Infamy – The Little Known Second Attack on Pearl Harbor, March 4, 1942
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Thomas D. Pilsch With great solemnity and reverence, America observed the 75th anniversary of the devastating December…
Transportation equipment reactivated or re-purposed for the WW2 Homefront
The reactivations by government agencies and firms that purchased inactive equipment in the buildup to or the early years of World War II or the…
“Louisiana Has Drawn First Blood Today” – The Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, 1864
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Alan G. Gauthreaux In 1864, factions on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line grew tired of…
The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide in the Pacific
Six months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese planned to lure the American aircraft carriers into a trap at Midway Islands. Imperial Japan’s overall…
The “Black Knight” – Wild Fighter, Feared Duellist, And Hero Of The Mexican – American War
Few men can claim to be one of America’s most feared duelists and war hero at the same time. Alexander Keith McClung proved to be…
The Most Decorated Panzer Companies Of The Wehrmacht PART 2 – 13th (heavy) Company, SS-Panzer-Regiment 1
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Evan Pinter Continues from The Most Decorated Panzer Companies Of The Wehrmacht PART 1 – 2nd…
An Illustrated History of the 1st Aero Squadron at Camp Furlong: Columbus, New Mexico 1916-1917 – Review by Stuart McClung
At the request and encouragement of some military historians, Western historians and other interested parties, author John L. Deuble, Jr., has turned an apparent labor…