Attack of the Fire Balloons – Japan’s Intercontinental Weapon
On November 3, 1944, Japan released “fūsen bakudan,” or balloon bombs, into the Pacific jet stream. They each carried four small bombs and one thirty-pound…
Armed with Only Bottles British Soldier Awarded VC in Korea
It can often be said that anything is a weapon if you are creative enough. An entrenching tool used to dig a defensive position earned…
Anti-Tank Missile Vehicles – 22 Facts About the Soviet 2P Series
During the 1950s, Soviet weapons engineers designed a new anti-tank missile, the AT-1 Snapper. This was a guided missile that used a wire link to…
Mach Loop – Guide to Low Altitude Flying Up Close and Personal
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Frank Pleszak If like me, you are excited by and want to see low flying fast jets…
Early Drones – Radio Controlled Tanks of the USSR
In 1915, the French designers came up with a self-propelled engineering charge with remote control bearing the name “Torpille Terrestre“. It had a caterpillar mechanism…
Celtic Warriors Limit Roman Power at Hadrian’s Wall
The Roman Empire’s success, like that of many empires, was closely linked with its ability to expand. Rome’s history was borne of conflict, and for…
Manassas Civil War Weekend Abandons “Civil War”
One of the longest-running and most famous Civil War weekends will no longer be held in its current form. The Manassas Museum has decided that…
“Stoned” Soldier Started Mutiny in India to End British Rule
On the afternoon of March 29th, 1857, a Sepoy of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) took aim at his English officer and fired the…
Sir Ben Kingsley as Nazi Adolf Eichmann in New Film “Operation Finale”
Otto Adolf Eichmann went down in modern history as a man of great evil, priding himself with the death of 6 million people. He became…
Declassified: Cold War Technology Documents
One of the biggest challenges in intelligence gathering is simply getting close enough to the target to acquire any meaningful data. One of the means…
M6 Heavy Tank was Armed to the Teeth – Great Photos
The M6 heavy tank was designed and built by the United States during World War II. Prior to World War II, the U.S. had a…
The Sweater That Survived The Holocaust
For many people, the Holocaust evokes images of trains, masses of people often sick and starving, and gas chambers used for mass executions. For one…