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Malta: The Island Nation that Defied the Fuhrer

Jeff Edwards

The George Cross remains one of the highest military honors that can be given in the United Kingdom.  Second only to the Victoria Cross, it…

The Gigantic Submarine Factory That Couldn’t Even Be Destroyed By The 22,000 lb Grand Slam Bomb

Erich Friedrich Michael Lackner is considered to be one of the most influential engineers of the last century. He developed a revolutionary type of concrete…

Used Last Moments In Burning B-24 To Sink U-Boat – Rescued German Captain Recommended Him For VC

Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg was awarded a Victoria Cross for destroying a German submarine in WWII. The only reason we know of his heroic deed…

Red Arrow Division – Local soldier killed while serving on New Guinea during World War II

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Jeremy P. Amick As the U.S. Army Center of Military History notes, the state of Missouri suffered the…

A Look Into WWII Hidden Battlefield – Diving into D-Day

A visit to Normandy gives a real sense of WWII, the impact of D-Day and the devastation that occurred once those brave young allied soldiers…

Kasserine Pass 1943: Rommel’s Last Victory?

Colin Fraser

In late January and throughout February 1943, American troops had their first major engagements with German forces in World War II in Tunisia. It really…

10 Facts about the German defeat at Verdun (1916)

Colin Fraser

By February 1916, the German advance into France had long since ground to halt, there was little movement on long front line and the conflict…

Incredibly Sad Rare German First World War Footage – In Color

This is a collection of rare WWI footage. In the video, you’ll see German soldiers march through the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, confident that the war will be…

How To Assemble A Crated Spitfire From Burma, But This One Was Never Buried!

In 2008 Historic Flight At Kilo-7 acquired a Spitfire, which arrived in a crate from Burma. However it was never buried underneath a runway like…

5 Grand Goals Napoleon Aimed to Achieve in Egypt

The Egyptian campaign Napoleon led in 1798 was one of the greatest disasters of his career. After his fleet was destroyed by Nelson at the…

Marine Sergeant With Near Suicidal Courage, Was Awarded TWO Medals of Honor And Nominated For a Third!

Trygve Hammer

On 10 June 1918, during the Battle of Belleau Wood, 44-year-old Marine Corps First Sergeant Dan Daly, armed with a pistol and hand grenades, single-handedly…

Historic Aircraft Wreck Found. Maybe The Wildcat Of US Ace James E Swett By Roderick Eime

On my last trip to the Solomon Islands in October, I was fortunate to make my first dive on some of the historic aircraft wrecks…