Powerful Hardware After WWII – Soviet Tactical Ballistic Missiles of the Cold War
Missiles were a vital part of the Cold War. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) threatened to hurl nuclear payloads from one side of the globe to…
Egyptian Warfare and the Largest Chariot Battle in History
The battle of Megiddo was the first reliably recorded battle, and not long after the battle of Kadesh would claim the title of the largest…
The Most Decorated Panzer Companies Of The Wehrmacht PART 1 – 2nd Company, 502nd Heavy Tank Battalion
War History Online presents this guest blog by Evan Pinter In this three-part series, we will take a look at the three most decorated panzer…
James E. Williams, Medal of Honor: The Most Decorated Enlisted Sailor in the US Navy
The greats of the United States Navy are usually champions of the oceans. Rear Admiral Richard O’Kane and famous submarine Commander Rear Admiral Eugene Fluckey…
R. Lee Ermey Will Be Remembered for One Role but There Was More to Him That
For a short time in the late 1980s, three lines from Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam war film “Full Metal Jacket” (1987) could be heard all across…
The Mysterious Military Compound in North Carolina, Nicknamed the Big Hole Still Spawns Conspiracy Theories, More Than Two Decades after Its Closure
The Cold War has left us many extraordinary remnants, many made for military purposes. Countless bunkers and bomb shelters were constructed all over the world…
The Italian “Acqui” Mountain Infantry Division Disaster, Kefalonia, 1943
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi Much has been spoken and written about that event which saw an entire…
The British WWII Plan for an Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice
The British needed help. The German U-boats were destroying the mighty British naval force. The worst affected area was a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean…
Comedian Al Murray is the latest star to film at The Tank Museum for its popular YouTube channel
Famous for his role as the “pub landlord”, Murray visited The Tank Museum to participate in the Museum’s popular videos series “Top 5 Tanks”, where…
Nazis Killed Her Husband, She Bought and Drove a T-34 & Then Went On a Rampage
They say that “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” But if you take her love away, it gets a helluva lot worse –…
Innovation and Dedication – Nursing and Medicine in the Korean War
Thanks to CEUfast Blog for this Guest Article. Within a month of landing on the beach in Korea in 1950, nurse Margaret (Zane) Fleming and her fellow nurses with the 1st…
Original D-Day footage: US Troops Storm The Beaches Of Normandy
The tide of the Second World War turned on the 6th of June, 1944, changing the course of history forever. On the shores of Normandy,…