The Molotov Line in Pictures – Part 2
We continue our trek along the Molotov line showing us more bunkers, pillboxes and defensive works. All pictures and accompanying text by Piotr Tymiñski. Please read…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow: If you are fascinated by military history, 2015 will be a massive year.
I thought 2014 would be hard to beat. I was privileged to play a small role in many of the commemorations of that remarkable year.…
MUST READ: 70 years ago today – 2000 bomber aircraft & almost 1000 fighters assembled in the skies over Eastern England by Clive Stevens
The December 24th 1944 mission for the East Anglian based American Eighth Air Force was the largest Air Striking Force the world has ever seen…
Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: THE LONGEST WINTER – AN EXCERPT
The platoon again opened fire as the Germans got to the fence. This time, it was Private First Class Milosevich who let rip with the…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow: Tells us more………….
It’s great to be joining War History Online as a blogger – War History Online are a social media phenomenon! They have realised the massive…
American Medal of Honor Winner Capt. Francis B. Wai
MOH Recipient CAPT Francis B. Wai by Bill Beigel Francis Wai was born on April 14, 1917, in Hawaii. Francis was the son of Kim…
Cheating at Statistics 8: Seeing Things
Many engagements involving Tigers have been elevated to legendary status, and many more have been forgotten. It is a shame, as it can be difficult…
Tank Medium, Mark II* (E1949.330)
The main British tank from 1923 until 1935 In 1923 Vickers Ltd. of Sheffield and Newcastle, started to manufacture tanks for the British Army. They…
FUNDRAISER: WW2 D-Day Dakota to fly again! by RAF Transport Command Memorial
Come and fly on Douglas Dakota KG651 with RAF Transport Command Memorial. This is YOUR chance to fly IN a Dakota in the UK and…
Espionage – The Birth of the National Intelligence Agency
In Washington a landlubber Rear Admiral heads a new Government bureau which thinks it could have done a lot to prevent Pearl Harbor. Anyway, one…
RELIABLE, CHEAP AND IT WORKS… COLD WAR KIT COMES TO THE RESCUE
By Phil Royal With the 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the 100th Anniversary of the start of the Great War in the calendar, 2014 was…
The M1 Helmet of World War Two – the “steel pot”
By Olivier C. Dorrell The US M1 helmet is perhaps one of the most iconic items of military equipment, made famous not only in period…