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 ‘perfect Aryan’ Nazi Propaganda Baby Was Actually Jewish
When Hitler took control over Germany, he was striving for Aryan perfection and wanted to get rid of the Jewish influence. With that in mind,…
Historic Guernsey Fort for sale – Bring £2 million
The island of Guernsey, situated off the coast of Normandy is a British Crown Dependency. It is not a part of the British Isles but…
A Man’s Letter to his Family During World War Two Made Public
A young man who was in his 20s during his service aboard the USS Doyen a fast attack transport in World War II decided to write…
The Misfit Who, On His First Mission, Became the First Enlisted Airman To Receive a Medal of Honor
Maynard Harrison “Snuffy” Smith was such a screw-up, he joined the US Army to avoid jail. He earned the nickname, “Snuffy Smith,” because no one…
Untold Story of British Marines’ Heroism on the Eve of Falklands War
More often than not history repeats itself in a variety of different fashions as it did for British forces in a very short and less…
Top 10 Horribly Inaccurate War Movies
The majority of the people do not directly take part in the wars going around the world. Therefore, it is very significant that the people…
The Mystery of the Wellington Crash in 1941 Eventually Solved
There is no scarcity of lost and found stories of the last moments of thousands of Allied and German soldiers during the Second World War.…
Plane that went Down During Pearl Harbor Photographed for First Time
A plane from the Oahu Air Army Force Base, which was attacked by the Japanese minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,…
British Intelligence Eavesdropping on Captured German Generals Proved to be a Turning Point in War
German prisoners believed they were living in luxury the way the British officers were treating them. The prisoners were held in large, well-kept homes where…
What the Japanese Did To The Chinese Who Helped The Doolittle Raid Airmen…
During World War II 80 volunteer raiders bombed a Japanese city in revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was April 18, 1942, and,…
Abandoned Submarines
Submarines, the hunter killer ships we all know from the first and second world war. Or the missile submarines that hide in the deep oceans,…