The Last Saturday of October – The Declassified Secrets of Black Saturday
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Douglas Gilbert Vasili Arkhipov is arguably the most important person in modern history, thanks to whom October 27, 2017…
Silent Service – Veteran shares story of service aboard nuclear submarine during the Cold War
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…
The Crew Of The B-24 Liberator “Star Valley” – Downed Behind Enemy Lines
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Mark Gero Saturday, February 5th, 1944, in a remote part of central France lies a village called…
The Dakota Hunter: Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, a magnificent series of photos of the legendary DC-3 Dakota in her final glory
War History Online presents this Guest Piece by Hans Weisman During my multiple expeditions since 1990 in search of the legendary Gooney Bird, I ran…
“That’s how they did things” – Veteran shares story of WWII Navy service in the Pacific
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…
The Myths Of The Montana Class Battleships
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Chris Knupp. Artist’s impression of the Montana class Battleship Myth #1: The Montana class Ignored the Panama Canal…
“I did my bit” – Veteran served as pilot with Army Air Corps during World War II
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…
Six Special Forces “A-Teams,” Tasked with Nuking the Soviet Union
War History Online presents this Guest Article from by James Stejskal Think the Russian threat worries the United States now? At the height of the…
Unselfish Service – Missouri State Highway Patrolman died in Japanese POW camp in WWII
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…
German War Children, civilian survival in WWII – There was hardly any food, in the last year pretty much none
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Article from Annette Oppenlander. When we examine the history of WWII, we often focus on the myriad of battles…
Quickly Raising Armies In The English Civil War – The Infantry, Or Foot, Were Divided Into Two Basic Units, The Pikes & The Muskets
By Guest Blogger Jemahl Evans England in the middle of the Seventeenth Century was the most demilitarized nation in Europe. Contemporary accounts claimed that at the…
A Look At Nazi Germany’s Love Of Heavy Tank Destroyers And Assault Guns
The tank destroyer is not really a tank, and an armored assault gun is also not really a tank which can be confusing to some…