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This Transport Company Was Asked To Transport A Dakota, But Everything Did Not Go According To Plan

Check it Out! War History Online proudly presents this guest blog from accomplished author and blogger Hans Wiesman. You can read more by Hans and…

When His Navigator Ejected Halfway Out The Plane, The Heroic Pilot Just Managed To Land And Save His Buddy’s Life

Being launched off the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is a normal routine, but adrenaline junkie pilots love the radical feel of about 4…

The Supermarine Spitfire: From WWII’s Greatest Battles All the Way to the Silver Screen

All of the greatest man-made inventions have stood the test of time. They remain living testaments to the evolutionary process and creative innovation of some…

This WWII US Fighter Pilot Knows His Stuff, Shooting Down A ME-262 Jet Fighter – Color Video

  This is amazing U.S. gun camera footage of an American fighter firing at a German Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. These Messerschmitts would normally…

There Are Only Two Airworthy Avro Lancasters Left In The World – Watch This Awesome Flyby From One Of Them

Watch the Canadian Warplane Heritage Center Lancaster “Vera” making an incredible low pass, make sure to turn up the volume! This particular Lancaster is known…

The Awesome Leopard 2 Tank Is Unstoppable Against An Anti-Tank Ditch (Watch)

This video footage demonstrates two different methods that a Leopard 2 Tank utilizes to pass a ditch that’s designed to stop it. The Leopard 2…

The Russian AK-47 Versus The American M16 – Testing Two Of The Most Iconic Post-WW2 Rifles (Watch)

Joris Nieuwint

The AK-47 and the M16 were two of the most important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as…

Stunning Time-Lapse Of Aircraft Carrier Being Built With Massive Lego-Like Pieces

This video shows amazing time-lapse footage of the HMS Prince of Wales, which is a Queen Elizabeth-Class aircraft carrier, being assembled much like Lego blocks.…

When The Mighty Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany Slipped Beneath The Waves (Watch)

The USS Oriskany had a long and varied time in service before it finally found its resting place as an artificial reef. Named after a battle…

Geologist May Have Found Exact Route Hannibal Used To Cross The Alps-Following a Trail of Dung

In 218 BC, Hannibal marched an army consisting of soldiers, mules, horses and elephants from Spain, over the Alps, and into Italy to attack the…

10 Strange Facts About Sir Winston Churchill

Lincoln Riddle

Winston Churchill may be most well known for his time spent as the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II, but he contributed…

The Leftover Coded Messages Of WWII: Why It Took Decades To Solve Secret German Messages

Though World War II ended more than half a century ago, not all of the mysteries of that time in history have been solved. Questions…