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Reconditioned American B-29 Bomber ‘Doc’ Makes A Full One-Hour Test Flight

Besides the small problem with a landing gear motor the second flight of ‘Doc,’ a Second World War B-29 bomber, finished its second flight recently…

Veteran Served As Medic in Post-WWII Germany

Ian Harvey

John Fulenwider was an Army medic after World War II. Although he had little actual training in medicine, it was his task to care for…

Get Ready To Be Happy – This Low-Flying Lancaster Bomber Will Make Anyone’s Day (Watch)

Watch the Canadian Warplane Heritage Center Lancaster “Vera” making an incredible low pass, be sure to turn up the volume! The Avro Lancaster flown by…

Watch: This Is What Carpet Bombing Looks Like From The Bomb Bay

Joris Nieuwint

In this video a United States B-52 Stratofortress jet bomber is carpet bombing an uninhabited island used as a target with 45 M117 bombs during an…

The British Fighting The Argentinians In The Falklands War – “It Was A Very Close-Run Thing”

Looking back at history, the outcome of the Falklands War is seen by on by many as a foregone conclusion. Lasting only ten weeks, it…

Fascinating Video – When Submarines Are Abandoned – Rusting Hulks On The Sea Shore

Submarines, the hunters and killers of ships we all know from the First and Second World Wars. Or the modern missile submarines that hide in…

One Of The Last Survivors of the Pearl Harbor Attack on USS Arizona Has Died

Ian Harvey

One of the last survivors of the USS Arizona attack has died at age 94. Raymond Haerry died Sept. 27 in West Warwick, R.I. Haerry…

“A Little Man, Like Charlie Chaplin” – British Girl Guides Visiting Adolf Hitler In The Eagle’s Nest

An unknown girl wrote that Hitler had a toothbrush mustache, he was wonderful with children and had a charming smile. The description comes from a Girl…

The Awesome M60 Patton, The US Army’s First Main Battle Tank

Tanks and other armored vehicles saw rapid development during WWII ― from technology to doctrines, it was apparent that the tank was to be the…

Hitler Considered Occupying The Small English Isle of Wight in WWII – It Could Have Changed History

Dr. Robert Forczyk, a military historian, analyzed German military records and found that Adolf Hitler had suggested the Nazis invade the Isle of Wight.  The…

Making First World War Aviator Kiffin Yates Rockwell An American Hero

Historian Marc McClure intends to make an American First World War aviator, Kiffin Yates Rockwell, as well known in the U.S. as he is in…

Cannon Made From Tree Trunks – The Wooden Cherry Cannon

War History Online Presents This Guest Blog By Gjorgji Stankovski Тhe Ilinden Uprising of August 1903 in the region of Macedonia was an Uprising of the…