Task Force Smith – America’s Entry into Korean War
Task Force Smith was composed mostly of men under 21 years of age, and before war broke out in Korea on June 25, 1950, its…
The Bureaucratic Goof that Brought Down the Berlin Wall
At 6 o’clock in the evening of November 9, 1989, a befuddled low-level member of the Soviet East German Politburo gave a press conference to…
6 Soviet Cold War Tanks
The Soviets emerged from the Second World War with one of the best tank designs in the world. This set them up for a long…
Great Female Aviators – WASPs of WWII
Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention, and when the United States faced a pilot shortage in 1942, they freed up male pilots…
Vacuum of Power – Foundation of the Bosnian War
When the Cold War came to an end in 1989, the Soviet Union collapsed. Most other Eastern European nations followed leading to general unrest and…
Russian Double Agents – 3 Master Spies of the Cold War
“Russian Double Agent” Those three words alone evoke images of shadowy organizations engaged in clandestine intelligence dealings in far-flung locations, straight out of an Ian…
Witnessing Transitions – Army Enlisted Soldier Now a NG Warrant Officer
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…
Nigerian Civil War – The Ashes Linger
Hostilities in the Nigerian civil war commenced on the 6th day of June 1967; it is one of the sourest conflicts ever to (dis)grace the…
Lost and Found: Russian Pilot Missing for 31 Years
A Russian pilot who has been missing for over 31 years is believed to have been found alive in Afghanistan. Although Russia is reluctant to…
The Soviet Bomber Arsenal in Photos
The USSR’s force of long-range strategic bomber aircraft evolved out of USSR copies of the United States’ (US) B-29 strategic bomber aircraft. By the early…
Submarine Spying – Operation Ivy Bells in the Cold War
In March 2018, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank devoted to the understanding of global geo-political, military and intelligence gathering events around…
The Trouble With the USS Liberty
There are some chapters in America’s history books that will never be fully closed. Decades after the Iran-contra affair, the Vietnam War, and Watergate, professional…