So Cool! A Video Tour Of the B-17 Flying Fortress: Sally B
If you haven’t already, meet the mighty Sally B. – Charity ambassador, movie star, flying memorial, survivor. Join War History Online for an intimate view…
Campaigners Fight To Save Iconic WW2 Battle Site From Destruction
Hotel Dreyeroord in Oosterbeek, 5km west of Arnhem holds a special place in the hearts of many British servicemen, but this year, plans have begun…
How to Lose the War in 100 Days – Give The Eastern Front to Himmler
The headline may come to a surprise to many. Wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…
Hitler’s Vision Of Germania Still Casts Its Long Shadow Over Berlin
In the south of Berlin, there is a massive pillar; one of the few remnants of the Nazis’ attempts to make Berlin the capital of…
Jurassic Park of Aviation Found! How WWII Built Aircraft Still Struggle For Survival In New Age
War History Online is Proud to Present this Guest Piece from the Dakota Hunter Blog by respected Author and blogger Hans Weisman. The remnants of an abandoned airplane…
Veteran Flies Spitfire For First Time Since WWII, Makes Victory Roll!
In 2013, at the age of 91 and 69 years after his last time in a Spitfire, Jimmy Taylor went to Goodwood Aerodrome in West Sussex to fly…
Battleships and Cannons: Admiral Nelson Crushes the French Fleet At Alexandria, Egypt.
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, the rising star of the British Royal Navy, had been pursuing the fleet of the French Republic around the Mediterranean for the…
En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer
There is truly no way to quantify who might be the worst crew in US Naval History, but the men of the USS William D.…
Invading Okinawa, The Biggest Amphibious Invasion In The Pacific
Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of the Second World War which started on April…
WWII’s Biggest Airlift – Over The Hump!
War History Online is pleased to present this guest blog from author and blogger Hans Weisman! Check out his book! This Dakota Hunter Blog features a…
Top 10 True Innovations of the Civil War
You often hear about how the Civil War brought submarines, iron-clad ships, or the telegraph into play, but that’s not exactly true. While they are…
Battlefield 1 Single Player Trailer: See The World and Do a Bit of Everything!
EA Dice surprised a lot of people when they revealed that their upcoming shooter game, Battlefield 1, would be set in WWI. Dice quickly steamrolled…