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15 Times World War 3 Nearly Started

Joris Nieuwint

In the years since WWII, the possibility of a World War 3 has not been a stretch of the imagination with continuous conflicts throughout the…

10 Facts About the Battle of Mons, The First Clash Between the British And German Armies In WWI

Taking place on August 23rd, 1914 the Battle of Mons was a clash between the British Army and the advancing German Army in Mons, Belgium.…

South Carolina State Museum to Host WWI Exhibit

There is a new WWI exhibit at the South Carolina State Museum. “South Carolina and the Great War” gives a detailed look into how one…

The Battle of Grytviken – When A Lone Sniper Turned The Tide Of Battle On A Warship – By Martin K.A. Morgan

War History Online presents this guest piece by Martin K.A. Morgan In 1982, Argentina and the United Kingdom fought one another in the South Atlantic…

Planes, Tanks and Armoured Cars – World War Two Wrecks in the Desert

Check it out! From Sherman tanks to armored cars and even a plane, this video shows us photos of abandoned world war 2 wrecks in…

The First Gulf War – Ten Fast Facts

#1 – The first Gulf War in 1990 lasted less than a year and took place between an Allied coalition led by the United States and…

The Battle of Trafalgar, One Of The Greatest Battles In Military History

Early on in the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon had grand plans to invade Great Britain. Conquering that region would leave him free to pursue other conquests…

Second World War Coastal Bunkers in Dire Need of Government’s Attention

After the outbreak of the Second World War, Britain relied on a significant volume of food and other supplies provided by the five hundred princely…

The Ranger and the Drake: John Paul Jones Brings the American Revolution to Britain

Gabe Christy

Early in the morning of April 24, 1778 a strange ship lay at anchor just off of Carrickfergus, Ireland. HMS Drake, the nearest English ship…

A Top-Secret U.S. Nuclear Base Under Ice in Greenland Could be Exposed by the End of the Century

Global warming was really not included in the long list of dangers to the humanity back in the early days of the Cold War; the…

At Last, Inappropriate Pokemon Go Locations are Being Removed

Pokemon Go uses a GPS-based virtual reality system to automatically generate important in-game locations – “pokestops” and “gyms” – at real-world land landmarks, however, some…

8 Facts About The Hardest Day in the Battle of Britain, When All Was Almost Lost

The Hardest Day in the Battle of Britain took place on August 18th, 1940 when the German Luftwaffe decided to try and destroy the UK…