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Decades after His D-day Death, an American Soldier to be Honoured in Roxbury, New Jersey

Phil Weinpel knew his uncle died on D-Day, but that’s all he knew about his mother’s brother, Edward Morozewicz. He recently learned much more. Last Saturday…

The Nazi “High” Command – How Hitler’s Third Reich Was Fuelled by Hard Drugs

German writer Norman Ohler has written an unconventional history book that examines part of World War II from a different angle: the drug addiction of…

Given as Gifts, Sold as Scrap – First World War Tanks

Following the end of World War I English towns which had raised the most money received various military gifts for public display, such as a…

New WWI Exhibition at South Carolina State Museum

The South Carolina State Museum has recently launched a new exhibit that shows how World War I impacted the state and the people who lived…

Soldier Who Saved the Life of Four-Year-Old Girl in WW2 is Reunited With Her 75 Years Later

The last time British soldier Alan King saw four-year-old Toos Kacken, she was being shepherded by her mother who stumbled and almost fell into the…

“The First Tank Crews” – Review by Mark Barnes

By Mark Barnes: In the United Kingdom, commemorations have been underway for the centenary of tank warfare.  Whether it is wholly proper to be more or less…

So Cool! A Video Tour Of the B-17 Flying Fortress: Sally B

If you haven’t already, meet the mighty Sally B. – Charity ambassador, movie star, flying memorial, survivor. Join War History Online for an intimate view…

How to Lose the War in 100 Days – Give The Eastern Front to Himmler

The headline may come to a surprise to many. Wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…

Hitler’s Vision Of Germania Still Casts Its Long Shadow Over Berlin

In the south of Berlin, there is a massive pillar; one of the few remnants of the Nazis’ attempts to make Berlin the capital of…

Jurassic Park of Aviation Found! How WWII Built Aircraft Still Struggle For Survival In New Age

War History Online is Proud to Present this Guest Piece from the Dakota Hunter Blog by respected Author and blogger Hans Weisman.  The remnants of an abandoned airplane…

Veteran Flies Spitfire For First Time Since WWII, Makes Victory Roll!

In 2013, at the age of 91 and 69 years after his last time in a Spitfire, Jimmy Taylor went to Goodwood Aerodrome in West Sussex to fly…

En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer

Jeff Edwards

There is truly no way to quantify who might be the worst crew in US Naval History, but the men of the USS William D.…