Tough But With a Heart of Gold – The Woman Who Escaped The Nazis
Olga Korec had nerves of steel to remove a white armband adorned with the Star of David and ignore the soldier calling her as she…
Memorial Held To Commemorate Bagpiper Awarded VC In First World War
The extraordinary bravery of a piper, 20-year-old James Cleland Richardson, who was awarded a Victoria Cross, was commemorated recently with a special memorial stone laid in…
Buying the myth: Russian Film Sticks With The Fiction
Historians are saying that a Russian film portraying the defense of Moscow during the Second World War is false. The new movie, 28 Men, borrows…
The Harlem Hellfighters – The Most Famous African-American Combat Unit of World War I
In World War I, nearly 380,000 African-Americans served in the U.S. Army. African-American soldiers primarily served in the 92nd and 93rd Divisions. While there was…
Liquid Fire – How Napalm Was Used In The Vietnam War
The First World War introduced many new weapons to the world of warfare. The first global mechanized war saw the first use of tanks and…
The Much-Reviled Sir Douglas Haig May Have Been The Best Man For a Terrible Job
Lieutenant George: Great Scott sir, you mean, you mean the moment’s finally arrived for us to give Harry Hun a darned good British style thrashing,…
How the Father of Organized Crime Won His Freedom by Helping the US Government during WW2
War History Online Presents This Article By Guest Blogger Jack Hawkins It is often said that crime does not pay, and when Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano…
The Defense of Brest Fortress In WW2 – “We’ll Die But We’ll Not Leave The Fortress!”
Brest Fortress and the town of Brest are located in modern day Belarus. In 1939 the town was conquered by the Germans during the invasion…
Incredible Documentary About The Human Cost Of WWII – The Numbers Are Staggering
This thought provoking visualization will show you what the human cost was during World War Two. The documentary covers not just the military deaths but…
Making History – The Ship’s Cook Who Grabbed A .50 Cal To Shoot Down Enemy Planes At Pearl Harbor
In 1942, when Dorie Miller stood onboard the USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor to receive the Navy Cross he made history. Miller was the first…
The American Civil War Heads West: The New Mexico Campaign
During the American Civil War, the conflict was not confined to just the federally recognized states of the time. The war moved west. To territories (such…
World War II Marine’s Remains Are Being Repatriated To Liberty, Mississippi
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recently stated that the remains of Marine Pfc. James S. Smith, 19, of Liberty, Mississippi, will be buried in…