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For those who have served – 3 Doors Down recognized for dedicating talents to honoring veterans, military

Fresh out of the studio from recording their latest album and first studio release in five years, “Us and the Night,” the American rock band…

This Transport Company Was Asked To Transport A Dakota, You Will Not Believe How They Crashed It…

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…

Visiting Oman’s Historic Forts – By Geoff Moore

Travelling around one of the world’s few Sultanates it is hard not to notice the many forts and watchtowers that populate the landscape. Its defensive…

A world of experiences – Air Force service provides local veteran opportunity to travel the globe

By Jeremy P. Amick In 2009, Martin Reid began working for Lincoln University and now serves as the school’s Auxiliary Services Coordinator. These last several…

Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part II

To commemorate the 71th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an exclusive extract from his book The…

Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part I

To commemorate the 71th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an exclusive extract from his book The…

President John F Kennedy’s DC-3 Gift To Mobutu Found Back In Congo, SOS For The Scrapper

Chaotic Start of the Congo State. Until 1960, the Congo was under Belgian Colonial rule. On June 30 of that year, a huge new Central African…

Filling a historical gap – Veteran chronicles the service of AC-119 “Shadow” gunships in Vietnam

In the years following his service in the Vietnam War, local veteran Larry Fletcher fervently searched for books about the Air Force’s special operations squadrons…

The Catalina Photo Album

This Dakota Hunter Blog shows you some rare photos of the Consolidated Catalina PBY  before, during and after WWII. The Seaplane was a contemporary of…

A Look At Nazi Germany’s Love Of Heavy Tank Destroyers & Assault Guns

Daniel Russ

The tank destroyer is not really a tank, and an armored assault gun too is not really a tank. And that is the confusing part…

The Story Of The Valley Of Heroes

The Battle of Sutjeska (known as the Fifth Enemy Offensive in the Yugoslav historiography) was a German operation against Partisans Main Operational Group in the…

U-Boat Hunter Innes McCartney: The Discovery of U1003

U-1003 escaped an attack by a 120 Squadron Liberator on 20 March 1945 but was rammed at periscope depth on the next evening by the…