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VC To Go On Display For First Time Ever

One of only four Victoria Crosses won by tank crews in WW1 will go on public display for the first time on the centenary of…

Lenin And Stalin In Safehouse – Latest ‘Revolution 360’ Video Unveiled By RT

RT released its newest 360 video illustrating scenes from Revolutionary Russia, this time featuring revolutionaries Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin hiding out in a safe…

15 Facts & Images About One of The Best Inventions of WW2 – The DUKW

The DUKW, also known as the “Duck,” was a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle used in World War II by the US military for transporting good and…

The Evacuation of Gallipoli, The Brilliant End To A Disastrous Campaign

Colin Fraser

To Europeans,  Canadians, and Americans, stories of World War I often focus on the great battles of the Western Front like the Somme, Ypres, Verdun,…

Turning Point of WWII – The Battle of Britain – Part 1

War History Online Presents Part one of the guest Blog from Chris Charland.  The 15th of September 1940 was undoubtedly the decisive turning point in…

Brotherly bond – WWII veteran preserves legacy of military service through personal writings

By Jeremy P. Amick A travesty in the preservation of military history is failing to capture the stories of our nation’s combat veterans before they…

The Invasion of Kos: The Killing of 103 Royal Italian Army Officers

War History Online presents a Guest Article by Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi In the early hours of 3rd October 1943, a number of German Naval vessels arrived…

Canadian fighter pilot in WWI ordered to go back to flight school. He didn’t. Instead, he went on to shoot down 72 enemy aircraft

Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop was a Canadian fighter pilot in WWI who crashed his plane during a practice run and was ordered to…

Development of the Awe-inspiring Triple Walls of Constantinople

The great city of Constantinople was one of the most impressive and impregnable cities in the world for over 1,000 years. It retained the glory…

Battle of the Bulge – A Punch In The Gut

Elaine Smith

Just before The Battle of the Bulge, Allied officers drew an eighty-eight-mile line through the forests, hills, and ravines that make the region called The…

The Fall of the Aztecs, The Bloody Path to Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan was an absolutely amazing city. The city was larger than any in Europe at the time and held approximately 200,000 people with some estimates…

The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes

Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably the best night…