After A Mid Air Collision – One Pilot Lands Both Planes
In 1940, two planes collided in mid-air over Australia. Remarkably, there were no fatalities. Even more remarkably, the pilot responsible for saving the planes was…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 1 and 2
New research has added another chapter to the story of The Tank Museum’s most famous exhibit, Tiger 131. British forces disabled the infamous tank in…
From The Tank Museum: Tiger Construction
Tank construction has always been a labour intensive, expensive process. The need to manufacture far larger numbers during the Second World War saw the warring…
Fury, Hetzer, Combat Dealers & Bruce Crompton – By Mark Barnes
SUFFOLK PUNCH In the wake of the success of Combat Dealers and the impact of Fury, Mark Barnes spends a day with Axis Track Services…
From The Tank Museum: Soviet Tanks At Kursk
The Soviet defenders in the Kursk salient had over 1.3 million men, 3500 tanks and 28,000 pieces of artillery and anti-tank guns plus more in…
From The Tank Museum: The Battle Of Kursk – Part II
Prior knowledge of the German attack enabled the Soviets to bring Operation Citadel to a halt. Part 2 tells the story of the Soviet counterattack…
From The Tank Museum: The Battle Of Kursk – Part I
The Battle of Kursk was a massive operation, involving hundreds of thousands of men over hundreds of square miles and several weeks. These articles are a…
These Were The Best Pilots The German Luftwaffe Had During World War II
The Ace Fighter cult came to prominence during the First World War, which was the first conflict that utilized the use of aircraft in a…
From The Tank Museum: The Mystery Of The Tiger Recovery Vehicle
These pictures have invariably been identified as an improvised Tiger recovery vehicle, photographed in Italy in 1944, but is it? Renowned tank historian David Fletcher…
Thread & poll of the week: What was the best fighter plane of WWII, this is what our readers had to say
The War History Online forum is just getting started but on our most active thread to date, this question got many of our readers voting…
Unconventional Designs And Challenging Builds – German Heavy Tank Destroyers At The End of World War II
When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…
The de Havilland Mosquito is a Classic WWII Plane – They Called it the “Wooden Wonder”
A British Plane The de Havilland Mosquito was a British aircraft that served in a wide variety of different roles during WWII. The Wooden Wonder…