Welcome to War History Online’s World War II category, where we delve into the monumental conflict that shaped the course of the 20th century. Here, we explore the causes, major battles, and enduring ...

The First World War introduced many new weapons to the world of warfare. The first global mechanized war saw the first use of tanks and combat airplanes, but it’s less well known that the first ...

Project Stargate sounds like something out of this world – and it kind of is. No, it doesn’t refer to wormholes or the exploration of other planets, but, instead, a Central Intelligence Agency ...

The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during the Second World War. Today, it ...

Zone Rouge – or the “Red Zone” – is a chain of former battlefields across northeastern France that the government has cordoned off due to the many dangerous ordnance that remains from the First World ...

We know that millions of weapons were made during WWII – but do we know the cost of their production? This isn’t a bulletproof guide, as the cost of many weapons changed throughout the war, but these ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed firsthand the crimes that were committed by the Germans at concentration camps when he visited the newly-liberated Ohrdruf during the Second World War. The sights were so ...

Everyone has heard of Bayer, the pharmaceutical company that runs aspirin commercials on television. Not everyone knows, however, of Bayer’s dark past. The successor of pharmaceutical conglomerate IG ...

The Vietnam War was infamous for the guerrilla warfare the American forces were largely unprepared for. The Viet Cong were on home turf and used this to their advantage when it came to creating and ...

In 1950, just five years after the conclusion of the Second World War, a request was issued to Soviet aircraft manufacturers for a new bomber. Along with the ability to carry upwards of 24,000 pounds ...

Combat during the First World War was unlike anything armies had ever seen before, due to the advent of tanks and new, more effective weapons. One of the most lethal was poison gas, which floated ...

During World War II, the increase in the mobility of infantry due to a departure from positional tactics of combat influenced the characteristics of combat helmets. The American M1 helmet and the ...