Yamashita’s Gold: More than 70 Years of Treasure Hunting and a Controversial Lawsuit Involving the Former President of the Philippines
The notion of hidden WWII Nazi treasures acquired from the looting of European countries attracts adventurers and conspiracy theorists alike to this day. However, little…
Possible Remains of WWII Tuskegee Airman Located in Austria
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is investigating a crash site in the Alps. It is believed that the wreckage may be that of Captain…
Historic POW Camp May be Demolished for Luxury Homes
On Boxing Day, just after the end of World War II in 1945, former prisoners of war at a camp near Bishop’s Stortford in the…
The March Of The Living – The Annual Ceremony Held In Auschwitz To Honor Millions Of Holocaust Victims
On April 12, 2018, on the day of Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, the thirtieth annual March of the Living was held in Oświęcim,…
The Roman Army Never Wanted To Be Forgotten – Here Are Some Legacies They Left Behind
Given the circumstances, we know an amazing amount about the ancient Roman army. Over 1500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire fell, we…
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
Samurai were the elite warriors of feudal Japan; as dominant as knights were in Europe. Their equipment was as much a display of their status…
The Youngest Soldier In WWI Was A Serbian Boy, Aged 8
Momčilo Gavrić was the youngest soldier in the First World War. He was born in May 1st, in 1906 in a village near the town of Loznica in…
Uncovered Diary Tells Real Life Tragic Love Story
It’s a tragic story. Young love torn apart by evil. Two children in over their heads, as the big bad world crushes their romance before…
World War Two’s Long Struggle for New Guinea
When the Japanese invaded New Guinea in early 1942, they began a struggle for control of the island which would last until the end of…
How Bletchley Park’s codebreaking led to a stunning victory in the Arctic Ocean and a very unusual gift from the Soviets – a reindeer named Pollyanna
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Alf R. Jacobsen The Royal Navy and Bletchley Park helped save Murmansk for the Arctic convoys In the hot…
Being a Footsoldier in Ancient Battles; A Frontline View of Victory
What was it actually like to fight with the heavy infantry on an ancient battlefield? The average person has their views shaped by Hollywood, but…
After 39 Soviet Commandos Took Hill 3234 In Afghanistan, Not Even Hundreds Of Mujahedeen Could Dislodge Them
The Soviet-Afghan War, or the “Soviet Vietnam” as some political analysts called it, was one of the key points in which the decaying superpower came…