Captured B-17 Bombers in World War II
Ever wondered what happened with a B-17 that made an emergency landing in occupied territory? When captured (relatively) intact they were tested by the Germans…
Fantastic WWII Pictures of the B-24 Witchcraft Throughout Her Career
The B-24 Liberator was, together with the B-17, the workhorse of the United States Army Airforces who used it in every theater of operations. It…
Hitler’s Kamikaze V1 Meant to Destroy London
There is much to be said about the mind of Hitler. He was certainly a madman with insanely ingenious ideas that shored up his short-lived…
Gold Train Plot Twist – Real Images of the Train not Unearthed…….
Well, we know it isn’t April 1st – April Fools Day. But these images ‘are’ of the of the lost train in Poland that is…
Battle of Omdurman – When The British With 11,000 Soldiers Took On 60,000 Natives in Sudan, Losing 47 Killed
All through the darkness of the night, a British infantryman waits nervously by the banks of the Nile. The Mahdists, infamously bloodthirsty savages, are just…
Thousands of tons of unexploded Second World War bombs in Germany
German bomb-disposal experts are the busiest in the world. Each year they deal with more than 2,000 tons of high explosives – mainly Second World…
RAF Veteran On Stand-by With Vulcan Bomber During Cuban Missile Crisis
A Royal Air Force veteran has claimed to have been aboard a plane carrying atomic weapon during the Cuban Missile Crisis Geoff Bainbridge joined the…
A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH – Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online.
Christmas in 2015 was a bit weird due to recent changes in my life and I was never much of a fan anyway. I don’t…
Restored Military Equipment Presented to US National Museum
Having been painstakingly restored to their former glory, a couple of interesting historical relics that have seen U.S. war action have been presented to a…
6 Great Women Who Inspired Napoleon
Despite sharing the gender biases common to his time, Napoleon Bonaparte’s admiration for great men extended to a few women. Though he once said that…
Inside the AMX-13: Part I by World of Tanks
In this episode, we leave the museums far behind and venture to the home of a private collector Mr. Warwick Bolton to visit his…
Half Blind This Japanese Pilot Managed To Fly His Damaged Zero For 5 Hours, Then Refusing Medical Attention Before Making His Mission Report
During WWII, Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai served as a naval aviator with the Imperial Japanese Navy. He claimed 64 victories, one of which was made after…