With the Enemy Approaching, He Sat Beside His Wounded Comrade, Pulled the Pin on Two Grenades & Waited
Refusing to leave his mortally wounded comrade as the enemy approached, Australian Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pin on two grenades and waited for…
12 Key Moments in the History of Artillery
In creating gunpowder weapons, European engineers took a Chinese innovation and made a deadly weapon of war. From the start, this was as much about…
Capt. Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., Korean War Medal of Honor Recipient, Naval Aviator Passes Away
More than 800 family, friends, and active duty and retired service members gathered in Concord, Mass. Nov. 16 to pay their final respects to Capt.…
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…
The US 503rd Parachute Battalion Seize the “High Ground” From the Axis
When American forces arrived in North Africa in November 1942, the 503rd Parachute Battalion were among the first troops on the ground. A week later,…
Kenneth Muir Died On A Hill In Korea So His Men Could Live
Kenneth Muir was a 38-year-old major in the 1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders who gave his life during the Korean War so that…
Call of Duty: WWII – New Features In A New Release Which Takes Fans Back To The Game’s Roots
Game players around the world have waited with great anticipation for the official release of Call of Duty: WW2.The fact that the game has left…
Remains of WWII Airman Returned After Being Found Inside Tree
Two men who were best friends enlisted together to serve in World War II. First Lt. Jim Louvier came home from that war. His friend,…
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…
Great Sieges: Jerusalem (70 CE) – One Million Lives Lost In 8 Months Of Combat
The Romans generally tolerated other religions, allowing and even welcoming Egyptian gods into their pantheon. Though they viewed the monotheistic Jews as being odd, they…
Military Reforms of King Henry The Eighth – He Built Up A Modern Fighting Force In Medieval England
When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, he inherited a nation that was not strong in war. England’s recent wars had mostly been…
Three-Part Series On The Most Decorated Panzer Companies Of The Wehrmacht – 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…