“Follow First” – Veteran Who Served With Army Quartermaster Company In Korean War Talks About His War
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…
In 1935, A Team Of Nazi Explorers Set Out To Begin A Colony On The Amazon River
Deep within Brazil’s Amazon rain forest, there’s a Nazi grave flanked by a towering cross with a swastika in a cemetery close to the isolated…
Long Journey Of A Medieval Tapestry Which Decorated Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
A 16th-century tapestry that once hung in Adolf Hitler’s retreat high in the Bavarian Alps was recently returned to Germany after a 65-year disappearance. The…
New Expansions For World War Two First Person Shooter Game From New World Interactive
“Day of Infamy” is a standalone expansion to 2014’s “Insurgency.” It’s a First-Person-Shooter based on World War II and has just entered Early Access Beta…
After More Than 70 Years, A WW2 Pilot From Wisconsin Is Recovered In France
A group of volunteers from the UW Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project have successfully recovered a plane that was shot down in France…
“It Gave Us Strength” – U.S. Army Veteran Describes Service As Platoon Leader During Vietnam War
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…
“The Unbreakable Tiger” – Korean War POW Was A Guardian Angel For Father Emil Kapaun
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Staff Sgt. Ken Scar. U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Funchess watched from the other bank as…
Amazing Story Of Veteran Who Refused To Abandon His Mission In Spite Of Terrible Wounds
Ken Cranefield served in the No 233 Squadron of the RAF during World War II. He dropped supplies to the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem…
Oldest American WWII Veteran May Have To Leave The Home He Built Himself
The oldest living US veteran of World War II likes to sit on the porch of the house he built on the east side of…
The Second Battle Of Ypres: An Extraordinary Defense In The Face Of Poison Gas
The Belgian town of Ypres was the site of the fiercest fighting of the First World War. A series of battles left the town deserted,…
First World War: The Third Battle of Ypres – The Leading British Offensive Of 1917
Fought during the First World War, the Third Battle of Ypres was the leading British offensive of 1917. Taking place at the much fought over…
The Gallipoli Landings: A New Kind of War
On April 25, 1915, the ground campaign on the Gallipoli Peninsula began. Forces from Australia, Britain, Ceylon, France, India, New Zealand and Senegal landed on…