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D-Day – The Mind Blowing Numbers

Here are the numbers that tell you everything you need to know about D-Day. 2 Mulberry Harbours: A raid on Dieppe had taught the British…

Ham & Jam – The Daring Glider Operation To Take Pegasus Bridge

On the night before D-Day, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy, 181 men of the Glider Infantry of the British 6th Airborne Division…

5 Fast Facts – Bringing the USA Into The War – Japan Attacks America At Pearl Harbor (Watch)

Five Things about the attack on Pearl Harbor that may be new to you, we start with two and the rest follows in the video.…

Fantastic! Starting & Driving The Only Operational King Tiger In The World (Watch)

The common name of Nazi Germany’s heavy tank is “Tiger II” but it is also known under the informal name Königstiger. This often is translated…

A Taste of Her Father’s Experiences – Daughter Who Flew In Her Father’s Corsair F4U

After a flight, recently, in a Corsair F4U once flown by Ferril Purdy, his daughter Gayla Maier said to him, after jumping from the plane,…

Mark V** – A Longer Tank For Wider Trenches – WW1 Innovations (Watch)

When the Germans realized what a threat tanks could be, they made their trenches wider to trap them; one answer to this was to build…

USS Orleck Naval Museum Board – Time is Running Out – Salvage Yard in the Ship’s Future

The 71-year-old ship needs support now – both financially and with volunteers. As of now, there are only three weeks for the members of the…

Member Of Elite WW2 Russian Aviation Unit The “Night Witches” Dies At 96

A former member of the all-female “night witches,” Irina Rakobolskaya, has died at the age of 96 in her native Russia. The organization is unknown…

The Jews In Finland Who Fought Together With The Germans: “We Had A Common Enemy”

During the Winter War of 1939, the Soviet Union invaded its north-western neighbor, Finland.  The population stood together in self-defence. Among them were Finnish Jews,…

Firing The Hugely Powerful German MG42 Machine Gun (Watch)

MG42 Machine Gun

This video looks at the MG-42, a World War II German machine gun. It is being fired as part of a demonstration at Dellwood Park, Lockwood,…

Stunning Must See Video Of A Dakota AC-47 T, Acting As Lethal Spooky Killer!

War History Online Presents this Guest Article By Author and Blogger Hans Wiesman – Check Out His Website! In this Dakota Hunter Blog post, you’ll…

Spine Chilling Drone Footage Of Oradour-Sur-Glane, Wiped Out By The SS

On June 10th, 1944, SS Major Adolf Diekmann and his 4th SS Regiment marched to the village of Oradour-Sur-Glane, surrounded it, and ordered every resident…