My Father’s Story Began Early On The Morning Of April 29th, 1944: Tragedy At Sea – The Untold Story Of PT347, PT350 & PT346 – Sunk By Friendly Fire
Daniel Williams writes: My father’s story began early on the morning of April 29th, 1944 when during a mission aboard PT347 along with the PT350 to…
Yugoslav Fighters In Spanish Civil War
Yugoslavs, who fought as volunteers in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side, are called “Spanish fighters” or “Yugoslav Spaniards.” Belgrade Association of Spanish…
The Half-shilling curate – Review by Mark Barnes
Great War books keep coming as the final months of the centenary period burns itself out. I’ve said, before, that the output has been just…
Three Suicidal Military Maneuvers That Were Actually Successful
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Samuel B. Parker. Desperate times call for desperate measures. But just how desperate can measures be…
V Bomber Quartet from Grub Street – Review by Paul Theobald
Grub Street and author and former test pilot Tony Blackman have brought together four great Cold War era titles which come from the publisher’s on-going…
“Kiddie Cruise” – Local veteran shares story of service in U.S. Navy during the late 1950s
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 Families…
Mussolini’s Rescue – A Mountaintop Operation Which Was Mostly a Downhill Pull
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jon M. Brown. Ranked among the more dramatic stories from the Second World War is that…
Loyal To His Country – Missouri farmer served as munitions handler in Europe during WWII
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 Families…
Led By Lions – Book review by Mark Barnes
Politicians aren’t exactly the flavour of the month in these parts and I doubt it’s much different wherever you are reading this. I won’t get…
A Turkish POW’s Adventures in Revolutionary Russia
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jack Snowden When the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum fell to the Russians in February 1916,…
“Desire to prevail” – Veteran’s Cold War career begins with Army Security Agency in Germany
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 Families…
Colourised Images: Diversity of the Allied forces fighting in World War Two
By Mark McConville and Michael D. Carroll A SERIES of stunning colourised images have brought to light the diversity of the Allied forces fighting…