Five Most Impractical German Inventions from World War Two
During WWII, scientists and inventors on both sides of the conflict raced to develop new and terrifying weapons that might tilt the balance in their…
Five Video Games That Owe Their Success To The Wars Of The Past
The modern games market has never been more diverse, offering a huge variety of titles in a wide range of genres. Many games offer pure…
The Berlin Special Forces Team Tasked with Nuking the Soviet Union
War History Online presents this Guest Article from by James Stejskal Think the Russian threat worries the United States now? At the height of the…
A Life Well-Lived – Last surviving Second World War Navy Diver Dies Aged 103
If Ken Hartle’s life was written as fiction, no one would believe it. Salvage diver, prune-picker, ranch hand, kicked in the face by a mule,…
The Upcoming Exhibition “Posters as Munitions, 1917” at National World War I Museum and Memorial – Has A Winner
Participants from Across the World Vote on Poster to be Featured in Upcoming Exhibition at National World War I Museum and Memorial The National World…
Blind Second World War tank veteran honoured by France
A blind Second World War veteran from Stafford in the UK is to receive France’s highest honor with the awarding of the Chevalier de l’Ordre…
WWII Artillery Shell found by Indian Farmer
Bombs from the Second World War continue to be unearthed in various places, the latest being in Puttur, India. A young farmer, Kalyan Kumar, was…
Mysterious Signatures Found On The Inside Of A P-47 Thunderbolt’s Wing
AirCorps Aviation is restoring a P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era plane. Inside one of the wings, they found the grease-pencil signatures of “Eva &…
Dame Vera Lynn – “The Forces’ Sweetheart” releases a new album for her 100th Birthday
In the 1930s, Dame Vera Lynn began performing in men’s’ clubs in the East End of London. In World War II she used her voice…
First World War Plaque Commemorates Soldier – Now It Has Come Back To His Descendants
Synchronicity is a meaningful coincidence; and “synchronicity” seems an apt word to describe the circumstance surrounding the return of an old plaque on the date…
Decades after the end of the War, one veteran receives the decorations he deserves
There are an estimated 620,000 surviving Second World War veterans, or 3.9 percent of the 16 million who served, according to U.S. Department of Veterans…
The ‘Cisco Kids’: Tuskegee Airmen brothers George and Arnold Cisco
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Eugene Jones Baldwin Arnold and George Cisco grew up in mostly white, rural Jerseyville, Illinois, graduating with…