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While His Maniac Brother was Busy Killing Jews, Albert Göring Worked Tirelessly to Save Them

What would happen to your family should one of your siblings join a deadly political beast? If you were a member of the Göring family…

VC: In WWI Horace Augustus Curtis Charged The Enemy Trenches, Capturing 6 Machine Guns and 100 Infantry

Horace Augustus Curtis wasn’t supposed to be a war hero. He was supposed to be a nobody who lived and died in relative poverty in…

Next Stop: Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach – Amazing Color Pictures of the 2nd Rangers embarking in Weymouth

Almost Seventy-two years on, we look back at the time thousands of US Rangers were loaded up and shipped out from Weymouth, destination: Pointe Du…

Göring‘s gold plated gun for sale

“Possibly the most historic Walther factory engraved pistol that we ever offered for sale,” so says the blurb in the auction catalog from Rock Island…

3 Ancient Battles That Ended In a Complete Bloodshed

From the dawn of time to the new era, a great many lives had been lost on the battlefield. It is not only about the…

Ernie Pyle Day – coming to the USA in 2017

In 1945, New Mexico’s Legislature took the unprecedented step of declaring 3rd August to be Ernie Pyle Day, and now his relatives are hoping that…

Edwin Glasberg – WWII Marine Extraordinaire

Ian Harvey

Edwin Glasberg, 92, has lived an extraordinary life and is known as a WWII hero for a number of reasons. He was born on the…

D-Day – 15 Stunning Photos & Footage of Allied Airborne Forces

Damian Lucjan

6th June 1944, Operation Overlord, D-Day and Airborne Landings On this day, more than half a century ago, Operation Overlord began, marking the beginning of…

U.S. Warship First Visit in 30 Years To New Zealand for Anniversary Celebration

For the first time in thirty years, the U.S. will be sending a warship to New Zealand. In a joint news conference, New Zealand Prime…

“Influenced as a Youth” – Veteran Describes Naval Service in WWII, Marine Corps service in Korea

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…

WWII Eastern Front Relic Hunting At The Former Kustrin Bridgehead (Video)

In this video, we follow Polish excavators who search for second world war relics that have been hidden for over 70  years. They are searching…

Heinz Guderian, The Father Of The Blitzkrieg

The military genius of Heinz Guderian remains admirable even today, for it was his tactics that brought Germany its swift victory over Europe in the…