Nikola Budanovic

Nikola Budanovic is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Nikola Budanovic:

Since 1947 Canada has named its Lakes after Soldiers who lost their lives

Canada officially contains the greatest number of lakes in the world. In fact, the exact number of lakes remains a mystery, but there is an…

Genocide And War Crimes – The Worst Japanese Massacres of WWII

The Japanese Army during World War II committed many crimes against humanity that were ordered by the government and high command. In the Japanese equivalent…

Operation Jericho – A Rescue Mission Which Turned Into A Bloodbath

Operation Jericho was an air raid conducted by the RAF with the goal of freeing the captives of the Nazi-held Amiens prison in France. The…

Mayaguez Incident, The Last Battle of the Vietnam War, But Three Marines Were Left Behind And Executed

When a violent Khmer Rouge regime under the leadership of Pol Pot overthrew the Khmer Republic government, backed by the US, Cambodia was in the…

Liquid Fire – How Napalm Was Used In The Vietnam War

The First World War introduced many new weapons to the world of warfare. The first global mechanized war saw the first use of tanks and…

The Battle of Jutland – A Pyrrhic Victory For Germany In World War One

Even though Imperial German Navy was a well-prepared force during WWI, with a considerable amount of powerful vessels, it was still no match for the traditional…

Smoky: The 7-Inch Yorkie Whose Heroics Saved 250 Men and Kept 40 US Aircraft Operational in the Pacific

AI rendering of Smoky sitting in a helmet on the jungle floor

Dogs have been a part of warfare since the beginning of history. What most individuals usually envisage is a German Shepherd or some other trusty…

The Story of an Incapable Nazi Spy and the First Canadian Double Agent: Werner Von Janowski

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had had little experience with counter-espionage in 1942 when they captured a German spy named Werner von Janowski. The Abwehr…

Former US President, George Bush Senior, Was A Naval Aviator Who Was Once Almost Eaten By Cannibals

From George Washington through Theodore Roosevelt up to George W. Bush, many US Presidents were also army veterans. This trait is not to be neglected,…

These Were The Best Pilots The German Luftwaffe Had During World War II

The Ace Fighter cult came to prominence during the First World War, which was the first conflict that utilized the use of aircraft in a…

Hazel Ying Lee: A Chinese-American WWII Female Pilot who Broke the Boundaries of Prejudice and Stereotype

Hazel Ying Lee remains a rather obscure figure in the history of the United States Air Force, but her role and that of her fellow…

During WWII Censorship on Weather Forecasts was so strict that a Football Commentator Avoided Mentioning that the Pitch was Shrouded in Fog

On December 19, 1941, eleven days after the United States declared war on Japan, an emergency censorship agency was formed to serve as a regulatory…