Mine Removal: A HeroRat’s Tale
Somewhere the spirit and fire of Diana, Princess of Wales is absolutely glowing, as her work to remove forgotten land mines is being ingeniously realized.…
The Art of the ‘Real’ Deal by Steven White
Donald Trump likes “people that weren’t captured.” When I heard Trump’s babbling ramble about Senator John McCain, my thoughts were not with the senator, whose…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: five reasons why President Truman made the right decision
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was apocalyptically awful. 70 years ago today, an estimated 90,000 people were immediately killed when Little Boy detonated 1,950ft…
The German Secret WWI Periscope To Spy On Enemy Trenches – By Gene E. Fax
Observation station inside the “Crown Prince’s Observatory” with a closeup of the concrete tower. The promontory of Montfaucon was at the center of the German…
AVENUE OF SPIES – PART TWO – Escape From France
War History Online is proud to be able to present you this exclusive second extracts from Alex Kershaws new book: Avenue of Spies The girl’s…
EXCLUSIVE Avenue Of Spies – Part One – Donald Coster Survives the Blitzkrieg
War History Online is proud to be able to present you this exclusive extracts from Alex Kershaws new book: Avenue of Spies Part One – Donald…
He slammed his hand on the table and said to Hitler “I will not take orders from a local Nazi chieftan”… and got away with it
This is General Dietrich von Saucken. As you can see, he is literally the archetypal monocled patrician Prussian general. In World War I, he was…
The World War II Dead of Mount Olivet by Bill Beigel
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas, is named after the Jewish cemetery in Israel. “Mount Olivet” means “Mount of Olives”; the Jewish cemetery is of…
Hitlers Forgotten Belgian Bunker From Which He Directed The Battle Of France
Hitler’s Bunker – Brûly-de-Pesche 1940 «Between Resistance and Occupation». The Berlin bunker where Hitler spent the last days of the war and his life has been…
LT. ALEXANDER BONNYMAN JR., MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT by Richard Brook
Just outside Knoxville, TX, in the Highland Memorial Park, stands a memorial for Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, JR. If you look closely at the photo you’ll…
A Conversation with Alex Kershaw Author of AVENUE OF SPIES
A Conversation with Alex Kershaw Author of AVENUE OF SPIES A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and one American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Q.…
The Unknown Daring Midnight Raid That Started World War One- By James Lyon
War History Online presents this Guest Article by James Lyon Most people think the first battle of World War One took place on 5 August 1914, when…