Tanks For The Memories: The First Ever Tank Commander, by The Tank Museum
The first man ever to command a tank in battle only volunteered for the secret mission because learning to fly aeroplanes was so dangerous, his…
USS Hornet Museum Receives Face-Lift, Courtesy Of AkzoNobel
Paints, coatings and chemicals company donates 1,600+ gallons of paint to give Museum new look Aircraft carriers take a beating during times of war, but…
VC To Go On Display For First Time Ever
One of only four Victoria Crosses won by tank crews in WW1 will go on public display for the first time on the centenary of…
Lenin And Stalin In Safehouse – Latest ‘Revolution 360’ Video Unveiled By RT
RT released its newest 360 video illustrating scenes from Revolutionary Russia, this time featuring revolutionaries Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin hiding out in a safe…
15 Facts & Images About One of The Best Inventions of WW2 – The DUKW
The DUKW, also known as the “Duck,” was a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle used in World War II by the US military for transporting good and…
The Evacuation of Gallipoli, The Brilliant End To A Disastrous Campaign
To Europeans, Canadians, and Americans, stories of World War I often focus on the great battles of the Western Front like the Somme, Ypres, Verdun,…
Turning Point of WWII – The Battle of Britain – Part 1
War History Online Presents Part one of the guest Blog from Chris Charland. The 15th of September 1940 was undoubtedly the decisive turning point in…
Brotherly bond – WWII veteran preserves legacy of military service through personal writings
By Jeremy P. Amick A travesty in the preservation of military history is failing to capture the stories of our nation’s combat veterans before they…
The Invasion of Kos: The Killing of 103 Royal Italian Army Officers
War History Online presents a Guest Article by Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi In the early hours of 3rd October 1943, a number of German Naval vessels arrived…
Canadian fighter pilot in WWI ordered to go back to flight school. He didn’t. Instead, he went on to shoot down 72 enemy aircraft
Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop was a Canadian fighter pilot in WWI who crashed his plane during a practice run and was ordered to…
Development of the Awe-inspiring Triple Walls of Constantinople
The great city of Constantinople was one of the most impressive and impregnable cities in the world for over 1,000 years. It retained the glory…
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…