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This Fighter Pilot Saved a Bomber Squadron From German Fighter Attacks For over Half an Hour. Alone

During WWII, he single-handedly protected a bomber squadron against German planes… even when he ran out of ammo. They called him the “One Man Airforce”…

Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 1)

Guest Blog For War History Online By Adeyinka Makinde The rescue seventy years ago of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity in a hotel lodge…

Top 10 Greatest Military Blunders of World War II (Watch)

Why did the Allies win the Second World War? Did they have the best soldiers, or the best generals, or the most powerful weapons? Did…

“We Were Soldiers” Hal Moore Talks About The Battle For Ia Drang (Watch)

Lt. General Hal Moore talks about the Battle of Ia Drang at the 2008 American Veterans Center’s Conference. It was November 14, 1965, in the…

WWII in Color-Blitzkrieg Over Holland, Belgium and France (Watch)

It has been 76 years since Belgium, The Netherlands, and France were invaded by the German armies. A color video tells the story of the…

Leningrad, The City That Refused to Starve During The 900-Day Siege

Although many of us, after a hard day’s work complain of being ‘absolutely starved,’ how many of us have ever experienced starvation – real starvation?…

Watch The Amazement As These Veterans Open Up A Modern Day Army First Aid Kit

Military veterans from Desert Storm, Vietnam, Korea and World War II were given the opportunity to look at a first aid kit the military is…

The Russian AK-47 Versus The American M16 – Testing Two Of The Most Iconic Post-WW2 Rifles

The AK-47 and the M16 were two important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as the Kalashnikov after…

20 World War Two Jeep Facts Every Jeep Owner Should Know

World War II saw the creation of one of America’s most beloved vehicles, the Jeep. Now primarily produced for consumer use, the Jeep was once…

“The Call To Join” – Veteran Vernon Walther Describes Service Aboard the USS Los Angeles during Korean 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…

Simo Häyhä Was The Deadliest Sniper in History; They Called Him ‘The White Death’

David Herold

There have been many great snipers in history and who can take the title of the greatest is a topic of debate. However, if you…

VC: Despite Being Shot And With His Plane On Fire, This Pilot Refused To Bail Out Without Taking Down A German Fighter

On a bright sunny morning in August 1940, No. 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force, was patrolling near Southampton, in southern England. There was hardly any…