19 Missing Soldiers from WWII Honored by two Veterans
A WWII aircraft was used recently in a service to nineteen men who went MIA during the war. The missing soldiers are believed dead, their…
Drones are new? They were used in WWII!
While there is much talk about the use of drones by today’s military, this is generally referred to as a completely new innovation; it is…
Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre Investigated Further
In 1944, Oradour-sur-Glane was the site of a major massacre. Werner Christukat was a member of the Nazi SS at the time, and his involvement…
Life and WWI As Captured from the Lenses of Christina Broom
Museum of London features the collection of some 2,500 photographs taken by Christina Broom, the first female press photographer of the United Kingdom. Her trove…
Texas governor Rick Perry to travel to southern Pacific to join hunt for missing Second World War fighters
Texas Governor Rick Perry is planning to travel to the South Pacific to help in the search for missing American Second World War fighters. The…
WWII Pilot Ludwig Havlak Visits Old Plane “Witchcraft”
Many surviving WWII pilots are relatively nervous about seeing their old planes for the first time in so many years. It seems like a reasonable…
RAF Parachute Battalion Mutiny of 1946 in Malaya
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) The Royal Air Force police interrogating a Korean prison camp guard in Malaya during 1945-46 (2) British Army…
Hundreds turn out to say farewell to WWII veteran who died with no surviving relatives after campaign to give him a hero’s send off
Army veteran: John Campbell, who served in the Second World War and died without any surviving relatives, had a send-off befitting his heroism after 500…
Alternate Endings for WWII – What was possible?
Every war is, essentially, a massive chain of cause and effect. WWII was an extreme example of this to the very end. The very entrance…
Sherman M4A4 Restoration Part 13: Finishing off
The finishing touches are of course all the stowage, markings and such. I enjoy making the vehicle as complete as possible and the challenge of…
War History Online, at the Houses of Parliament
Winston Churchill said “To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” We wonder what the great man would make of War History Online showing up…
The Battle of Jutland Led to Heavy WWI Casualties
Not many are aware of the full effect that the Battle of Jutland had over the rest of WWI. In a war fraught with innovation,…