The Inspiring Story of the Search For a Family Veteran – by Jim Knudsen
Julius St John Knudsen was born in 1916 in Crosby, MN. ) Three years later, 1919, my dad (Wilbur Knudsen) was also born there. Another…
Operation Overlord: The Greatest Amphibious Landing in History – Part 1
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Joseph M. Durante June 6, 1944, was D-Day – a date that will never be forgotten in America’s…
Here Are Some of the Worst Friendly Fire Incidents From Before WWI
War History Online presents this Guest Article from by Martin Fejfar The term friendly fire became widely used during and after WWI although it had previously taken…
France Invasion in Colour – By Tom Dare
Incredible colourised footage of allied troops liberating a French city shortly after landing on mainland Europe on D-Day has resurfaced this week. Video shows American forces…
The Roman Weapon: The Legion Armaments
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Joseph M. Durante For most of the Ancient World, the Roman Republic and Empire dominated the known world.…
Christmas Eve 2000 Bomber Aircraft & Almost 1000 Fighters Assembled in the Skies Over Eastern England
The December 24th 1944 mission for the East Anglian based American Eighth Air Force was the largest Air Striking Force the world has ever seen…
‘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…
Iowa Class Battlecruisers – We Ask If America’s Most Powerful Dreadnoughts May Actually Have Been Battlecruisers
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Chris Knupp The four vessels of the Iowa class were the last battleships put to sea by…
Doughboys on the Juvigny Plateau, 1918 – Guest Blog by Dr. Paul Dean
War History Online presents this guest article by Dr. Paul Dean World War I is a forgotten war for most Americans. Few in America can name…
D-Day and the Powers of Deception
War History online presents this Guest Piece from the site History on the Net by Scott Rank The D-Day landing of June 6, 1944, ranks…
The Woman Who Voted Against WW2 – The Pacifism, Feminism & Radicalism of Jeannette Pickering Rankin – by Martin K.A. Morgan
An Associated Press report described “a chorus of hisses and boos” that echoed through the chamber when the Congresswoman from Montana cast her vote. It…
The Iowa Class: A Departure from Traditional US Battleship Design
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Chris Knupp The four vessels of the Iowa class were the last battleships put to sea by…