70 years After the Second World War: Remembrance Endures – By Ron Simpson
By RonSimpson: With each passing year, month by month and day by day, as time continues to march on, there is a greater need for…
Driver James Wallis T5259533 R.A.S.C. – By Bradley Wallis
My father James Wallis was born in 1911 in Lambeth London. He grew up through the Great War and eventually found himself in the newspaper…
GUEST BLOGGER DAN KING: The 70th anniversary of the battle for Iwo Jima
There are events being held across the United States including the two largest events being held in Virginia and at Camp Pendleton in California. I…
Korea: The Unforgotten War by Ronald Simpson
Since Confederation, Canada has had a long, rich and proud military history that comprises armed actions and interventions that include wars, conflicts and peacekeeping initiatives…
DULMIAL, PAKISTAN – The Village with the Gun
Remembering the soldiers of the First World War, 100 years on. By Dr Irfan Malik and Michael Noble (The Centre for Hidden Histories, University of…
21 sad images of bombed out Cologne – you wouldn’t have seen many of these images before
The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II, including 31 times by the Royal…
Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm in the Egyptian Red Sea
By Super Jolly for War History Online: Underwater for 68 years, a snap shot in time and beautifully preserved WWII cargo so desperately needed by Allied…
The Molotov Line in Pictures – Part 2
We continue our trek along the Molotov line showing us more bunkers, pillboxes and defensive works. All pictures and accompanying text by Piotr Tymiñski. Please read…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow: If you are fascinated by military history, 2015 will be a massive year.
I thought 2014 would be hard to beat. I was privileged to play a small role in many of the commemorations of that remarkable year.…
MUST READ: 70 years ago today – 2000 bomber aircraft & almost 1000 fighters assembled in the skies over Eastern England by Clive Stevens
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…
Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: THE LONGEST WINTER – AN EXCERPT
The platoon again opened fire as the Germans got to the fence. This time, it was Private First Class Milosevich who let rip with the…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow: Tells us more………….
It’s great to be joining War History Online as a blogger – War History Online are a social media phenomenon! They have realised the massive…