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The Forgotten War In S.W. Pacific: Air Raids From Australia Against The Dutch East Indies

War History Online Presents this Guest Blog from Author and Blogger Hans Wiesman. Check out his Blog and his Book.  In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you…

In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors – Book Review by Bob Price

“I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way.” That quote by…

U-570 – The Only Ship To Be Captured By An Aircraft

There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…

Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited

In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…

The Awesome B-54 Ultrafortress, Boeing’s Best Piston Prop Bomber That Failed To Ever Fly

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Hans Wiesman In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog, you can read about the ultimate, most stretched version…

Japanese Monster Aircraft Carrier Submarines – By Hans Wiesman

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Hans Wiesman In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog, you can read about the Japanese Monster Aircraft Carrier…

Stunning Must See Video Of A Dakota AC-47 T, Acting As Lethal Spooky Killer

In this Dakota Hunter Blog post, you’ll see a stunning Video that shows all details of a combat mission with the lethal AC-47 T Fantasma. In…

Bolivian Boneyards Revisited. Part 1, El Alto Airport , La Paz, Bolivia – by Hans Wiesman

We present this guest blog by author and Blogger Hans Wiesman In August 2017, I returned to Bolivia for yet another fabulous trip to the…

The Dakota Hunter: Nippon’s 2nd attack plan on US, Genesis of Alaska Highway 1942

War History Online presents this Guest Piece by Hans Weisman Right after the successful Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor/ Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941, many…

The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WW2 Stood His Ground at Pearl Harbor

Jeff Edwards

It is fitting in a war which would require inexplicable gallantry to win that it would begin with actions worthy of the nation’s highest military…

The American WWII Ace Who Shot Down 7 German, 1 Italian, 1 Japanese, And 1 American Plane

During WWII, an American fighter pilot saw combat over all three Axis territories. By war’s end, he had destroyed Italian, German, and Japanese planes… oh,…

The Japanese destroyer circled the small LCP: Amazing Story Of Survival: American Coastguard Went Through Hell At Guadalcanal

There are few places on earth with a more ominous name than Iron Bottom Sound, of Guadalcanal. It earned its name through the sinking of…