Tennessee Town Honors USCT Civil War Vets Long Forgotten
History has many hidden corners and blind spots, places where the official record is so swayed by ideological bias that historians of the future will…
Total Success: 75th Anniversary of the US Army Normandy Invasion Training Center in England
In 1943, during World War II, the Allies started planning what would become the largest amphibious invasion in history. The plan was for a coastline…
Amazing Story of Gun Running in the Turkish War of Independence – The Alemdar
War History Online presents this article from Jack Snowden The source for the adventurous tales of the Alemdar are two ship’s logs, the first of…
The Myth of the “Rubble Women” in Germany – Trümmerfrau
Throughout Germany, there is a repeated motif in statues: A woman, with a hammer in her hand, her hair pulled up in a kerchief, looks…
The Knights Hospitaller and the Great Siege of Malta
In 1530, the Knights Hospitaller were given control of the island of Malta. 35 years later, in 1565, the Ottoman Empire invaded the island. The…
Port Miami, Ohio – Lost in the War of 1812, Found, and Lost Again
The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain saw heavy fighting in the area of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan along the…
100 Years of the RAF – A Party is in Order
Great Britain’s Royal Air Force is celebrating 100 years of service in 2018 with many interesting activities during the year. The 100 RAF Aircraft tour…
Battle of Jutland – Won by the Numbers
Since the rapid innovation of mechanical technologies that marked the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, very few points in the history of Western civilization…
D-Day Heroes Remembered – Family Places Fresh Plaque on Site of C-47 Crash
Many of you have read the recent story “Lost on D-Day: The story behind the plaque down a lonely lane in Normandy“, published on War…
D-Day – A Look at All 5 Beaches with Original Footage and Photos
76 years ago, in Northern France, one of the most essential operations of World War II took place. As a part of Operation Overlord, the…
When “The Best Years” are Past – Aircraft “Boneyards”
In November 1946, a little over one year after the end of World War II, RKO Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn released the movie “The Best…
D-Day’s Armored Innovations that May Have Turned the Tide
In preparation for the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, engineers and designers were hard at work to create a variety of machines…