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Articles by Guest Author:

Last charge of the German cavalry – The battle of Halen

War History Online proudly presents this guest blog from Robby Houben. The summer of 1914 marks the beginning of the First World War when the European…

The Belgian Fortress That Stopped The German Invaders For 11 Days In May 1940 – Fort Aubin-Neufchateau

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Fort d’Aubin-Neufchateau ASBL Fort Aubin-Neufchateau is just 10km from the massive fortress of Eben-Emael. While Eben-Emael…

Why I Still Like Ike – The Rapid Rise of General Eisenhower – By Raymond Panko

War History Online recently published “I Don’t Like Ike” by guest blogger Peter B. Gemma. Here, Ray Panko of the University of Hawaii responds.   In general,…

We Tend to Forget That There Was a SECOND Raid On Pearl Harbor – Operation K

Everyone knows about the First Pearl Harbor Attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy. But few are aware of the 2nd Raid that the Japanese launched…

Canton RR Locomotive 32 Has An Armed Forces History From 1944 To Present Day

War History Online Presents this Guest Blog From Tyler Turpin Canton Railroad locomotive #32 has touched national and world history from 1944 to the present. A…

Greek Fire: Civil War in the “Cradle of Democracy” After World War Two

War History Online Presents this Guest Blog From Alan G. Gauthreaux.  A highly motivated and extremely determined Greek army descended on communist guerrillas on three sides…

“Wherever He Went, He Raised The Bar For Others” – Famous Israeli Fighter Pilot Asher Snir

War History Online presents this article by Lawrence Rifkin, a columnist at The Jerusalem Post, where it first appeared. Asher Snir achieved preeminence as an IAF combat…

“I Don’t Like Ike” – Reassessing General Dwight Eisenhower’s Military Career – By Peter B. Gemma

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Peter B. Gemma General Dwight David Eisenhower is best remembered as the military leader who led allied forces…

First down on Yamato, arriving with the attack force on Nov. 20 Beebe & his pilots went to work.  – By Barry Smith

On the morning of Saturday, April 7th, 1945 tension aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was times a thousand.  The fighter pilots with Hornet’s Air…

The Last Saturday of October – The Declassified Secrets of Black Saturday

War History Online presents this Guest Article by Douglas Gilbert Vasili Arkhipov is arguably the most important person in modern history, thanks to whom October 27, 2017…

Piggyback Hero – by Ralph Kinney Bennett

We present this guest blog by author Ralph Kinney Bennett  In 2003 they laid the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in…

The Crew Of The B-24 Liberator “Star Valley” – Downed Behind Enemy Lines

War History Online presents this Guest Article by Mark Gero Saturday, February 5th, 1944, in a remote part of central France lies a village called…