Top 10: Best infantry weapons of WWII? Tell us what YOU think!
A look at the top 10 WWII Infantry Rifles of WWII, both Allied and Axis. 10. M1 Garand The M1 Garand was the standard U.S.…
5 Aircraft Types That Served 50+ Years In USAF, Can You Guess Them All?
Amazing fact: the World’s dominant Military Air Power has 5 aircraft types that served over 50 years and still have a number of them operational.…
Adolf Hitler Planned To Destroy The Manhattan Skyscrapers During WWII – Years Before Osama Bin Laden
The Fuhrer not just wish for world domination. He was specifically obsessed with the vision of the destruction of America’s city, New York. Adolf Hitler…
“Mad Major” Carpenter Attached 6 Bazookas To His Artillery Spotter Plane And Went Tank Hunting
Charles Carpenter enlisted in the US Army in 1942 commissioned a second lieutenant. After completing flight training, Carpenter flew light observation aircraft and accumulated substantial…
Lost Iron Cross Found In Wales to be returned to German soldier’s family
A German World War One Iron Cross is to make its journey home to the soldier who left it behind. The Iron Cross, the highest…
Thousands of Japanese war dead remain unclaimed
As VJ Day has been commemorated around the world, the cremated remains of over 7000 Japanese war dead killed during World War Two remain unclaimed…
The Germans Who Fought With The RAF During WWII
The majority of the British Army during World War Two consisted of British and her Allied troops. However there was a small contingent of a…
What Happened To the French Undersea Cruiser Surcouf? Bermuda Triangle, Sunk by Friendly Fire or Rammed?
The mystery of how the record breaking French submarine Surcouf sunk has been debated since the day it disappeared in the Pacific, near Tahiti. Was…
The Molotov Line in Pictures: Introduction – By Piotr Tymiński
Why the Molotov Line? Is it because it’s the longest fortification line in Europe? Nah, years ago I haven’t had a clue about it… I…
Camouflage Netting: ‘Making’ Factories into Towns – Bet You Haven’t Seen A Lot of These Before?! We Haven’t!
In February 1942 the United States Navy Monitors had been tracking a Japanese submarine lurking on the outskirts of San Francisco. Several nights after this,…
The Horrific Nazi Gas Vans – The Mobile Gas Chambers
The Nazis began experimenting with poison gas for the purpose of mass murder in late 1939 with the killing of mental patients (“euthanasia”). A Nazi…
‘Brothers in arms’ – Westphalia twins drafted during WWI exemplify family’s sacrifice
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…