50 Years of French Tanks
Renault FT-17 Light Tank Designed in 1916 and first sent into action in 1917, the FT-17 was France’s second ever serving tank. A narrow armored…
Vietnam Gunboat Captain’s 1st Hand Account – Night on the River
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Richard Kirshen Patrolling the rivers of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam during daylight hours in the late…
Could German Aircraft Carriers Have Won the Battle of the Atlantic?
It might be easy to throw out a discernible “no” when asking such a historical “what if” given that we know the real outcome. What…
Holocaust Survivor Becomes Communist Prosecutor then British Citizen
In a sheltered, shady corner of Wolvercote Cemetery in the leafy, affluent suburb of rural Oxford are the graves of Helena Wolinska-Brus and her husband…
A Consequence of Arrogance? – The Battle of Gallipoli
Also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Gallipoli Campaign, or the Battle of Çanakkale, was a failed attempt by the Allied forces to capture the…
Great German Raider – Expedition of the Battleship Graf Spee
At the start of the Second World War, the German navy lacked the power to face Britain’s Royal Navy in a full-scale surface battle. Instead,…
Battle of the Minds – German Scientists Recruited to the Soviets after WWII
Early in 1945, it became apparent that WWII was drawing to a close and, in hindsight, both the USSR and the USA were already preparing…
Last Gasp of the Wehrmacht – Battle of Kursk
On July 5, 1943, the Battle of Kursk began, and became, disputably, the largest tank battle of World War II and the last major German…
America Upgrades Its Strategy and Approach in Africa
The United States military in Africa has implemented a new plan to increase the security of troops on the ground, by adding armed drones and…
Lightning: The Unusual Lockheed P-38 Fighter with 30 Photos
The P-38 Lightning was an unusual-looking aircraft. Unlike most fighter planes of the Second World War, it had two booms, each with an engine, so…
Saving Anne Frank’s Diary
There is almost no one alive, even today, who does not know the story of Anne Frank, the young girl whose life came to a…
28 Photos of “Mae West” – US M2 Light Tank
The M2 light tank was the official American light tank of the late 1930s. At the time, the independent armored battalions and armed divisions all made…