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Tank Museum Sells Second World War Combat Vehicles At Auction

A collection of 120 vehicles which includes World War II-era tanks, armored cars and warplanes are going up for auction in France. One of the…

Drone’s Eye View Of Top Gun Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger, On Its Way To Scrapyard

This is video footage shot using a drone that shows the USS Ranger on its way to be scrapped in Brownsville. This is very special…

Codename: ‘Why Me?’ – The Second World War Project to Create the Mother of all Stinkbombs

Mary Roach was undertaking research for her book “Grunt – The curious science of humans at war” when she uncovered letters in the OSS archives…

Adolf Hitler: Dictator and Drug Addict

A newly translated German book examines in detail how Hitler during the Second World War relied on a cocktail of animal hormones, vitamins, narcotics, and…

17 Haunting Coloured Pictures From the WW1 Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was one of the bloodiest battles in WWI. During the first day alone, 1st…

Half Blind Japanese Pilot Flies His Damaged Zero For 5 Hours, Then Refuses Medical Attention Before Making His Report

During WWII, Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai served as a naval aviator with the Imperial Japanese Navy. He claimed 64 victories, one of which was made after…

Up Close and Personal with Sally B: Europe’s Last Airworthy Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

If you haven’t already, meet the mighty Sally B. – Charity ambassador, movie star, flying memorial, survivor. Join War History Online for an intimate view…

She Bought Her Own T-34 Tank And Went On a Rampage After Nazis Killed Her Husband

They say that “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” But if you take her love away, it gets a helluva lot worse –…

American WWII Hero Who Died To Save His Buddies Returns Home After 70 Years

Captain Elwood Euart was a World War II hero. In 1943, he was sailing aboard the SS President Coolidge, a ship that had been transformed…

Pearl Harbor Movie, Hilariously Ripped Apart by Honest Trailers (Watch)

“Pearl Harbor” is one of those movies that everybody has seen and everybody likes some bits of it. Despite receiving a lot of negative reviews…

German WW2 Propaganda Newsreel: Battle for Normandy And Warsaw Uprising (Watch)

This German Propaganda newsreel is thought to be from early August in 1944. At this period in time, the Allies are still being held off…

When An American Submarine Took Out a Japanese Troop Train and Much More in the Pacific in WW2

Gabe Christy

On the 22nd of January, 1945, 30 Japanese merchant ships sat in Namkwan Harbor, in Southern China. They felt safe in their well-defended home, surrounded…