WW2 Captain Rested In Arlington Cemetary For Decades – Now He Has Been Returned Home To North Carolina
The Russell family still resides in Gold Hill including a sister, brother in law and several nieces and nephews. According to Captain Lamar Shafer Russell’s…
Four Superb Owners’ Workshop Manuals From Haynes Publishing – Review by Mark Barnes
Haynes’ quest for world domination has picked up pace in recent months and I’m struggling to keep up with the number of books arriving in…
The Channel Dash Kriegsmarine Trying to Save Its Ships – A Fast-Moving Naval Battle Of WWII
Most of the naval action of WWII took place in the vast spaces of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but there were also confrontations in…
When A British Destroyer Rammed a German Cruiser In World War Two
April 8, 1940, two ships found each other off the coast of Norway. One a German heavy cruiser the Admiral Hipper, the other, a British…
Charles the Bold, Burgundy’s Flawed Reforming Warlord
Charles the Bold was a man who could have changed the face of Europe. Inheriting the Valois duchy of Burgundy in 1467, he was one…
Coming Home, 1968 – A Vietnam Veteran’s True Story By Dan Daly
War History Online presents this guest article by Dan Daly. Just over 50 years ago as a junior officer, I arrived in Coronado California to meet…
We Didn’t Know That Dr. Ruth, The Famous Sex Therapist, Was Once A Sniper In The Israeli Army
From time to time, life will feed you one of those amazing facts which will rock your worldview and change the entire way in which…
The Persian Thermopylae: When Alexander The Great Nearly Lost His Empire In Battle
The Battle of the Persian Gate is not well-known, despite it being almost identical to the Greek stand at Thermopylae, only with reversed sides. A…
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
In the 1270s and 1280s, the menacing forces of the Mongols attacked Japan. Through courage, determination, and good luck, the Japanese drove them off. It…
Controversial: These Household Names Worked With The Third Reich During WWII
Kodak The famous camera company’s German branch actually used slave labor from German concentration camps. Several European branches of Kodak did extensive business with the…
The Most Decorated Pacifist Of WWI: Stormed German Machine Gun Nests, Taking 35 Machine Guns, Silencing 25 German Troops & Captured 132
He was a deeply religious man who abhorred violence and warfare. Despite that, he went on to become the most decorated veteran of WWI. Alvin…
The Day General Taylor Went On A Secret Mission To Occupied Rome in 1943
General Tylor’s diplomatic and language skills resulted in his secret mission to Rome to coordinate an 82nd Airborne para drop with Italian forces. General Dwight…