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Canadian World War Two veteran returns to Belgium

A Canadian World War Two veteran has been taken back to visit the crash site where his RAF Halifax bomber crashed in 1944. Bill Robertson…

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum preserves Holocaust memory

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

The main entrance to the Auschwitz I camp [Via] The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum was established after World War Two to document and memorialise the…

Colditz Castle – a visitor attraction for World War Two enthusiasts

Colditz Castle

The infamous Colditz Castle [Via] The escape from Colditz Castle in Germany during World War Two was made famous in the movie, The Colditz Story in…

15 Times World War 3 Nearly Started

In the years since WWII, the possibility of a World War 3 has not been a stretch of the imagination with continuous conflicts throughout the…

The German Secret WWI Periscope To Spy On Enemy Trenches – By Gene E. Fax

Observation station inside the “Crown Prince’s Observatory” with a closeup of the concrete tower. The promontory of Montfaucon was at the center of the German…

AVENUE OF SPIES – PART TWO – Escape From France

War History Online is proud to be able to present you this exclusive second extracts from Alex Kershaws new book: Avenue of Spies The girl’s…

Whiskey On The Rocks – When Sweden Woke Up To Find a Russian Submarine Stuck On a Rock

In October 1981, the Soviet submarine (NATO codename: Whiskey) S-363 accidentally hit an underwater rock about 10 kilometres  from the main Swedish naval base at…

SHAMEFUL: National World War Two Monument becomes playground for visitors

When visitors attend Washington, D.C.’s National World War Two Monument they expect to be able to have a moment of quiet to pay their respects…

Mitsubishi Plans To Apologies To British POWs Too

Japanese motor car and technology company, Mitsubishi has announced that it will be making a formal apology to British prisoners of war during World War…

US-Russian Memorial Flight Commemorates War Time Journey

On the 70th anniversary commemorations of the end of World War Two, US-Russian memorial flight is taking place between the two countries. During the war…

JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS 1897-1945 – Review by Mark Barnes

JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS

Any regular readers of the reviews page would know by now that I quite a like old warship photographs so when I got notice of…

EXCLUSIVE Avenue Of Spies – Part One – Donald Coster Survives the Blitzkrieg

War History Online is proud to be able to present you this exclusive extracts from Alex Kershaws new book: Avenue of Spies Part One – Donald…