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Post Scriptum – An EPIC WW2 simulation game – Take your part in the Operation Market Garden!

DESCRIPTION Post Scriptum is a WW2 simulation game, focusing on historical accuracy, large scale battle, difficult learning curve and an intense need for cohesion, communication…

Operation Halyard: An Airlift Operation That Saved 417 Allied Airmen In The Balkans

During WWII, the situation in the former country known as Yugoslavia was, to say the least, complicated. On the one hand, there was a partisan…

A Desperate Fight to the Death: RMS Carmania Vs. SMS Cap Trafalgar 1914

Gabe Christy

In September 1914, WWI had only just begun. Europe was plunged headlong into the greatest conflict yet seen, but a victory for either side was…

Six Times Hitler Refused to Face the Reality of his Military Situation

As Fuhrer of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler was Nazi Germany’s supreme military and political commander. Unfortunately, he could also be obstinate to the point…

Joseph Rochefort, American Code-Breaker, Predicted The Second Japanese Attack On The US In WWII

On June 4, 1942, Japan again attacked the Hawaii Archipelago; this time the Midway Atoll. However, due to a code-breaker who deciphered the Japanese plans,…

Among all the Plots to Kill Hitler, this is the Craziest

WWII brought tremendous technological breakthroughs many of which – like the jet engine – revolutionized our everyday lives. Medicine was also a vast field for…

From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 4 – 48 Royal Tank Regiment At Point 174

Three days after the attack on Djebbel Djaffa, B Squadron of 48 RTR was detached from 21 Tank Brigade and sent to Guhriatt El Atach,…

Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz – His Leadership During WWII Won The War in the Pacific

Admiral Chester William Nimitz contributed to the success of the United States Navy from his beginnings at Annapolis 1905 to this very day. His accomplishments,…

The U.S. Army’s all Mexican-American Infantry Unit – Little-Known Heroes of the Italian Campaign of WWII

War History Online presents this guest article by Dave Gutierrez There are several unique WWII units that have been well documented.  The stories of all the…

José Arturo Castellanos Contreras: The Latino Schindler

During WWII, many did what they could to save Jews – including the Latino Schindler. José Arturo Castellanos Contreras was born on December 23, 1893,…

Here are some of the best U-Boat aces of WWII

Colin Fraser

The following is a list of the top ten U-Boat commanders in WW II. It is based upon the number of ships they sank and…

General Hyazinth von Strachwitz, The Panzer Count

General Hyazinth von Strachwitz, known as the Panzer Count, earned a reputation for boldness as a cavalry officer in WWI. Then, during WWII he obtained…