The Rise and Fall of the Chariot – It Changed History, But Eventually Was A Victim Of Its Own Success
The ability to move at speed around the battlefield can create huge advantages. Before the internal combustion engine, this was usually undertaken by horses. At…
Bunker of the “Beast of Auschwitz” Found in a Convent
Fritz Bracht, nicknamed the Beast of Auschwitz, was born in Heiden on the 18th January 1899. After school he trained to become a gardener and…
Japan And America’s Differing Views Of The End Of World War II
US President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima was not used to “repair” the narratives about World War II. “Not a chance,” says Carol Gluck, a…
9 Ways The Victorian British Army Made Life Better for its Soldiers
Soldiers were seldom treated with great respect by the Victorian British establishment. Despite the prestige given to great acts of heroism and important leaders, the…
Boeing B-29 “Fifi” Cockpit Checklist Run-through, Engine Start and Take-off (Watch)
In this video, we see a truly magnificent plane – the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, affectionately known as ‘FiFi.’ This Superfortress was built by the aircraft…
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…
Polish Agency Looking to Remove Soviet-Era Monuments
An agency in Poland is trying to have Soviet monuments removed from the streets and installed in “educational parks”. The agency claims that the monuments…
Breathtaking Drone Footage Flying Over The First World War Battlefields Of Verdun
In this Drone footage by Gauthier Lefebvre, we will take a look at the battle for Verdun as we’ve never seen it before. We fly over…
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.…
The Huge Scale Of This US Airforce Warplane Boneyard In Arizona Is Mindblowing
Arizona is the final resting place of US Airforce’s aircraft and has been since World War Two ended. There are thousands of aircraft that have…
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – The Curse Of The War Veteran, From Ancient Times To The Present Day
By Guest Blogger Helen Fraser For War History Online Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder or ‘PTSD’ is a very familiar term nowadays. We associate it most with war veterans and,…