Promotion And Controversy – The Meteoric Rise Of US General Mark W. Clark
Granted, many in modern Texas may have never heard of General Mark W. Clark, also known as General Marcus Aurelius Clarkus by his subordinates. But…
Battle of the Bulge – A Punch In The Gut
Just before The Battle of the Bulge, Allied officers drew an eighty-eight-mile line through the forests, hills, and ravines that make the region called The…
The Mysterious Death of the Legendary Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
While the Battle of Chancellorsville was Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory, it was the beginning of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s ultimate defeat. On May 2, 1863, Confederate…
Bevin Boys: One in 10 conscripts in Britain did not go to war but were sent instead to Mine Coal
Not all heroes wear capes – and neither did all conscripted men in Britain wear uniforms. In fact, some of them were clothed in old…
Shattered Hopes – Missouri officer killed aboard the second ship to carry the name USS Missouri
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…
Tommy Prince Was So Quiet, Sometimes Instead Of Killing Germans He Would Steal Their Shoes
Tommy Prince was born on October 15th, 1915, in Scanterbury Manitoba Canada in a family of eleven siblings. He left school at an early age…
Vintage Planes: Dornier Do 335 Pfeil – The Fastest Piston-Engine Fighter of WWII
Air power first became a significant part of warfare during WWI, but it was in WWII that it came to the forefront. Long range bombing…
The Horten 229 V3 “Flying Wing” – Amazing Image Collection
The Horten Ho 229 is generally known by a few unique names. The plane was called the H.IX, by the Horten Brothers. The identity Ho…
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Rome’s Greatest Defeat And The Broken Remnants of a Glorious Army
Varus was crushed. His feet and hands and mind were numb with the freezing rain. His legions, so splendid and untouchable only days before, were…
Romans in China: The Lost Legions of Carrhae
The Romans in the first century BCE were perhaps the most growing empires around. Though the civil wars of Caesar and Pompey, and Octavian and…
Taking The High Ground – The Bloodiest Hill Battles Of The Western Front At The Height Of World War Two
Hills and other kinds of elevated terrain have been recognized for their importance in battle ever since the dawn of war. This fact has held…
Gargantuan US Airforce Warplane Boneyard (Watch)
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) may not be the most evocative name, but its nickname is far more striking. Referred to unofficially…