WWII’s ‘D-Day Doll’ Takes to the Skies in All its Glory
‘Mayday! Mayday!’ screamed the Pilot of a World War 2 Skytrooper during a flight last week, the plane was almost on a nose dive seemingly…
Nazi World War Two Items Are Worth A Lot
South America is well-known to have been a post-World War Two Nazi hideout, as hundreds of Germans fled Europe to escape punishment from the Allies…
Dutch Man Cared for Grave of American Paratrooper Since He Was 13
A new film is being made about a Dutch man who has tended the grave of a West Virginian World War Two soldier for more…
The Strangest, Funniest, Eccentric and Odd Habits Of Stalin, Hitler, Churchill and FDR
Admit it, finding little-known funny, eccentric and odd habits, obsessions and facts about men who carved their places in history is both amusing and interesting.…
Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm in the Egyptian Red Sea
By Super Jolly for War History Online: Underwater for 68 years, a snap shot in time and beautifully preserved WWII cargo so desperately needed by Allied…
Medal of Honor – John R. Fox sacrificed himself by deliberately calling an artillery strike on his own position
John Robert Fox was an American soldier who was killed in action when he deliberately called artillery fire on his own position after his position…
Audie Murphy – The US Most Decorated Soldier – Plays Himself In To Hell And Back
One of the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy, was born on the 20th June 1925. His life story…
Top-secret Nazi ‘A-to-Z of Britain’ gives detailed insight of Hitlers plans of invading and settling down in Britain
When the Fuhrer gave the marching orders on May 10th 1940, the German forces seemed unstoppable from invading and occupying most of Europe as they…
Untold Story of British Marines’ Heroism on the Eve of Falklands War
More often than not history repeats itself in a variety of different fashions as it did for British forces in a very short and less…
The Mystery of the Wellington Crash in 1941 Eventually Solved
There is no scarcity of lost and found stories of the last moments of thousands of Allied and German soldiers during the Second World War.…
The Pros and Cons of Ancient War Elephants
Elephants are generally peaceful and majestic creatures but throughout history, their size and power were used with devastating results on the battlefield. With the adoption…
German actor Hardy Krüger fought for the SS in WWII
Hardy Krüger was born in Wedding, Berlin, Germany in 1928. Known for his acting, having appeared in films with Richard Attenborough, Richard Burton, Ryan O’neal…