Band of Brothers, great interview with ‘George Luz’ & ‘Foxhole Norman’
Exclusive video. As some may know, we were in Normandy last week with the Band of Brothers actors reunion in aid of the World…
Pacific War expert, Dan King joins War History Online as Guest Blogger!
Maybe its just because of where we sit on the atlas but there is no question that the Second World War in Europe dominates a…
WWII Pillboxes out in the Northumbrian wastes.
OK! Who dunnit????? Stand up that man! I wandered lonely as a cloud that wanders over vale and hill. When all at once I…
Band of Brothers veterans return to Upottery, their D-Day Airfield – By Neil Stevens
If like me you have been lucky enough to engage with and become friends with WW2 US veterans and their family members, the one thing…
The submerged Sherman tank off Saipan
The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands…
WWII TANKER, KEN TOUT – DO WE BRITS REVEL IN DEFEAT?
NO? SO WHAT ABOUT TOTALIZE PHASE? Is there a tendency among British historians and commentators to enthuse about defeat whilst finding it difficult…
Bumper Markings
This article is going to be focused on more specific and specialised units and their respective markings; for example it will look at the Medical…
Mobile WWII battlefield App is taking the sites by storm.
Mobile WWII battlefield App is taking the sites by storm. When Lydia Phillips decided to trace the footsteps of her great uncle, who was…
The 1st Division specialised in amphibious operations
On February 6th 1945, CT16 relieved CT13 of the 8th division near the towns of Winden and Kleinhau on the banks of the Roer River
Spuduka’s Pillbox Upper Thames set
To give some background you have to go back to 1940 when the UK was at risk from Germany invading after the fall of France.…
Rescue of Il-2 M3 at Lake Balaton
In August 2010 we proceeded to the rescue of a Soviet Il-Sturmovik Batalon fallen into the lake (Hungary) after being hit by flak. The unit…