The Invasion of Kos: The Killing of 103 Royal Italian Army Officers
War History Online presents a Guest Article by Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi In the early hours of 3rd October 1943, a number of German Naval vessels arrived…
A Huge WW2 Naval Battle in the Pacific – But None Of The Ships Could See Each Other
From the 4th to 8th of May 1942, the Japanese and American fleets in the Pacific made history. For the first time ever, a naval…
Sergeant York – Captured 132 German Soldiers Pretty Much Single Handed In WWI
Sergeant Alvin York was seemingly born to a hardscrabble existence and anonymity in death, but World War One changed that forever. The story of York is…
For 59 Days 30 Soviet Soldiers Were Under Siege In This House, They Never Surrendered
The Battle of Stalingrad is one of the best-known battles of WWII. The siege of the city that lasted from 23rd of August, 1942 to…
Fearsome, Unstoppable US Soldier Awarded Medal of Honor AND Distinguished Service Cross for Korean War Service
It has often been said that you can’t keep a good man down. In the case of Benjamin F. Wilson, the medical personnel trying to…
Night Witches – Soviet Female Flying Aces Who Struck Terror Into the Hearts of the German Wehrmacht
In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Because of their superior technology and their rapid success in taking territory, the Germans had expected a quick…
Incredible Art From The First World War
The Idea War has always been mimicked in some artistic fashion, whether it’s literature, paintings, sculpture, song or the theater. At the beginning of World War…
Audie Murphy – Troubled American Medal of Honor War Hero and Epic Hollywood Star
One of the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy, was born on the 20th June 1925. His life story…
Missing Both Legs, This RAF Fighter Ace Took Out 22 Germans Planes, Then Escaped Multiple POW Camps
Life with amputated legs can prove difficult for even the most mundane of tasks require extra effort. But trying taking on the German Luftwaffe and…
Scientific Discoveries From Recent Studies Of The Interior Of The USS Arizona
Clearly, the deputy chief and photographer of the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center (SRC) has been touched by the latest images from the sunken…
Why The Nazis Beheaded a Famous Author’s Sister – Then Sent His Family the Execution Bill
It’s a book beloved by millions, one that’s been read by multiple generations and turned into an equally famous film: All Quiet on the Western…
James Bond Director Guy Hamilton Was An Undercover Agent In World War Two
If you are not a movie aficionado, the credit at the end of a 007 movie listing Guy Hamilton as director will not mean much…