Before the daggers came out on March 15, 44 BC, Julius Caesar pulled off one of the most audacious battlefield gambits the ancient world had ever seen, and he did…
The Tank Museum has announced the latest update on its restoration of the King Tiger V2. The restoration project, which is one of the museum’s most ambitious engineering projects to…
The arrival of Santa in a tank may appear unusual for some, but for British tank regiments and their local communities, it’s a tradition that dates back around 100 years.…
War History Online guest writer Geoff Moore has been investigating Lord Horatio Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory. The 104-gun vessel is currently under a 10-year repair program at HMNB Portsmouth, in…
When Christopher Nolan announced his upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, the film world buzzed with the anticipation of a return to grand myth and legend. However, Homer’s ancient tale of…
When Los Angeles burned in January 2025, the frightening part wasn’t just the flames—it was the speed. Red Flag warnings were up, Santa Ana winds were forecast to howl (with…
March 3, 2026, arrives just days after the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was marked at the United Nations, a reminder that borders and security guarantees in…
In the annals of World War II deception, few names are as polarizing as Jasper Maskelyne. A 37-year-old stage magician from a legendary dynasty of British illusionists, Maskelyne joined the…
Conservation work stopped when engineers at the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, United Kingdom, discovered a live bullet that had lain undisturbed for over 80 years. Workshop staff were surprised…
In the summer of 1941, during the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, German tank crews encountered a battlefield “ghost” that shattered their belief in Panzer superiority: the Soviet T-34. On…