Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld – The German Who Saved “The Pianist” And Is Honored by Israel
Sometimes, things aren’t always so black and white. Take the Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp in Poland. Who would ever have thought that he’d…
The Highway Of Death – First Gulf War
The Kuwait – Iraq highways, including highway 80 and highway 8 are the direct road routes connecting these two Middle Eastern countries are huge highways,…
This Fighter Pilot Saved a Bomber Squadron From German Fighter Attacks For over Half an Hour. Alone
During WWII, he single-handedly protected a bomber squadron against German planes… even when he ran out of ammo. They called him the “One Man Airforce”…
Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 1)
Guest Blog For War History Online By Adeyinka Makinde The rescue seventy years ago of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity in a hotel lodge…
Top 10 Greatest Military Blunders of World War II (Watch)
Why did the Allies win the Second World War? Did they have the best soldiers, or the best generals, or the most powerful weapons? Did…
A Hero Returns Home From Iraq – Ten Years Later
The remains of F-16 pilot Maj. Troy Gilbert arrived home almost ten years after his death in Iraq while saving the lives of coalition allies…
“We Were Soldiers” Hal Moore Talks About The Battle For Ia Drang (Watch)
Lt. General Hal Moore talks about the Battle of Ia Drang at the 2008 American Veterans Center’s Conference. It was November 14, 1965, in the…
WWII in Color-Blitzkrieg Over Holland, Belgium and France (Watch)
It has been 76 years since Belgium, The Netherlands, and France were invaded by the German armies. A color video tells the story of the…
This Could Be The US Army’s New Light Tank – The Griffin
Defense contractor General Dynamics has unveiled a new armored vehicle designed to fulfill a U.S. Army requirement for a new light tank. The MPF would…
Leningrad, The City That Refused to Starve During The 900-Day Siege
Although many of us, after a hard day’s work complain of being ‘absolutely starved,’ how many of us have ever experienced starvation – real starvation?…
Firing The Powerful German Pak 40 Anti-Tank Gun (Watch)
The 75 millimeter Pak 40 anti-tank gun was a German anti-tank gun developed during WWII from 1939-1941. PAK is the abbreviation for “Panzerabwehrkanone.” Initially, the…
The Russian AK-47 Versus The American M16 – Testing Two Of The Most Iconic Post-WW2 Rifles
The AK-47 and the M16 were two important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as the Kalashnikov after…