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Four Celebrities Who Risked Their Lives For Their Countries In Wartime

Many famous actors and entertainers achieved their fame on stage or in Hollywood, but some had eventful and remarkable lives before they entered the public…

5 Weapons Responsible For The Deaths Of The Soldiers Who Used Them

Throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries, military technology has advanced considerably. Along the way, that evolution has taken some disastrous turns, particularly several weapons which proved…

Five Most Impractical German Inventions from World War Two

During WWII, scientists and inventors on both sides of the conflict raced to develop new and terrifying weapons that might tilt the balance in their…

The ‘Cisco Kids’: Tuskegee Airmen brothers George and Arnold Cisco

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Eugene Jones Baldwin Arnold and George Cisco grew up in mostly white, rural Jerseyville, Illinois, graduating with…

He’s Called The Ghost, Has The Same Medal Count As Audie Murphy, And Is Virtually Unknown

By the time a man earns seven Purple Hearts and lives to talk about it, he could either be described as one of the luckiest…

MOH: Shot In The Face & Wounded by Grenade, Charged Machine Gun Nest But Can’t Remember Doing It

Jeff Edwards

When there is no personal account of the valor it takes to receive a Medal of Honor it is most often because the gallant have…

The Stories Behind Ten Soon-to-be-Forgotten War Songs

Jinny McCormick

Every war needs a song, we have collected ten songs from the past 300 years that were popular in war. A trip down memory lane!…

Four Devastating Surprise Attacks In Military History

In War, surprise attacks, traps and ambushes can help to even the odds in an otherwise uneven fight. Guerrilla fighters can cause terrible damage both…

The US Marine Corps’ “Longest Day” – June 6, 1918

By Guest Blogger Alan G. Gauthreaux “We wore the army uniform,” wrote Elton Mackin, a United States Marine on the Western Front in 1918, “and…

The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics – The So-Called “Nazi Games”

Lincoln Riddle

This year marks the 81st anniversary of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Often referred to as the “Nazi Games,” the games were…

Luck & Death – Superstitions In The Military

Sarah Cooper

Superstitions have been around since the early days of humanity, so it is not surprising that military men have often conjured up superstitious beliefs themselves.…

From The Roman Republic To The Third Reich: Four Other Battles Fought At Thermopylae

The Battle of Thermopylae was quite the epic stand. We have talked about the bravery of the Spartans a thousand times over and made multiple…