Mohammad Rafi Saad

Mohammad Rafi Saad is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Mohammad Rafi Saad:

Citizenship of Adolf Hitler revoked by German town after an outcry

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Adolf Hitler is photographed by his personal photographer Hugo Jaeger in upper Bavaria in the late 1930s (2)…

The successful design of Centurion Tank with upgrades for many decades

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) An MK3 Centurion Tank at Eastbourne, East Sussex on 12th January 2007 (2) An Israeli Centurion tank destroyed in…

Commander of ROK forces in Vietnam buried among fallen soldiers

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Lt. General Chae Myung Shin encouraging soldiers about to leave South Korea for the warfare in Vietnam in…

B-52 Bombers cut up in Arizona for compliance with Russian Treaty

The sustained state of military and political tension between U.S. led Western Bloc and the Soviet Union led Eastern bloc a.k.a. The cold war lasted…

WWI German U-boat UB-122 emerges in Kent mudflats after 92 years

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) UB-122 emerges in Kent mudflats after the Recent storms and tidal changes (2) Postcard depicting the sinking of…

Soviet pilot Kolesnikov’s WWII mystery mission in Perthshire is solved

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A group photograph of Soviet pilot Kolesnikov with 10 other uniformed Soviet airmen during their mysterious 2nd world…

Argentina declared war on Falkland Islands oil reserves

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Argentine forces patrolling in Falkland Islands during a surprise invasion on 2nd April 1982 (2) Argentine POWs at…

Explore the haunting relics of WWII

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) WWII defense structures in Wissant I, Nord-Pas-De-Calais in France; photographed in 2012 (2) Hayling Island, Hampshire in England,…

WWII Operation Mincemeat’s Jolly Roger flag fetches £14,000 at auction

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) WWII Operation Mincemeat’s Jolly Roger flag that fetched £14,000 at auction (2) RAF Flight Lt Charles Cholmondeley of…

WWI nurse Mabel’s diaries reveal lives of gruesomely injured soldiers

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) WWI nurse Mabel Earp married George Leach, the wounded soldier who was discharged from the Army in 1918…

The nasty trade of WWI grave robbery is growing as centenary approaches

  The detestable act of uncovering a grave to steal relics or personal souvenirs is called tomb raiding or grave robbery. The stolen artifacts are…

Memoir & analysis of 1977 war film ‘A Bridge Too Far’ by Al Murray

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) ‘Watching War Films with My Dad’, a memoir by British TV personality Al Murray (2) Hurricanes & Messerschmitts…