Operation Drumbeat – U-Boat Happy Days On The USA East Coast
The United States of America took a huge blow at Pearl Harbor in 1941, which prompted them join the war alongside the British. Before that…
Korean War: Chipyong-Ni – One Of The Greatest Regimental Defense Actions In Military History
The Battle of Chipyong-ni has been labeled as ‘the Gettysburg of the Korean War’ and has been singled out as one of the greatest regimental…
Malta – The Greatest Siege in History Part 2- Defending St Elmo from the Ottomans
Continues from Series: Malta – The Greatest Siege in History Part 1 … On the 18th May, 1565, the massive Ottoman armada anchored off the coast…
The Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Destruction
The Man Who Saved the World from Nuclear Destruction Remember, remember the 26th of September, when the unknown man becomes a defender. That could be…
How SS Commando Otto ‘Scarface’ Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel After WW2
German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home. The only…
Churchill Warrior – How a Military Life Guided Winston’s Finest Hours
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Brian Lavery Garry Oldman has recently won a Golden Globe and just now been nominated for an…
Five Successful Missions of a Waffen SS Mastermind, Otto Skorzeny
Otto Skorzeny was one of Germany’s finest commandos. An engineer by profession, he tried to volunteer for the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), in the year…
Things You Must Know How Hitler Came to Power
Before he was the Fuhrer, he was a Gefreiter in the Imperial German Army, a rank equivalent to Lance Corporal. Before he was a nationalist,…
A Giant With A Volcanic Temper -The Only Man To Be Awarded The VC On D-Day
The Second World War revealed over the years the stories of many heroes who gave their lives for their country in acts of boundless courage.…
Series: Malta – The Greatest Siege in History Part 1
In the annals of warfare one reads of the clash of arms, the pitting of warrior against warrior, of tales of heroism, of endurance and…
Warhorses of Germany – The Myth of the Mechanised Blitzkrieg
By Paul Garson While many films have attempted to convey the experience of the Second World War European battlefield, none adequately portray the mayhem and suffering…
Some Of The Most Daring WWII Raids In Europe
Desperate times call for desperate measures, high risk commando and paratrooper mission were conceived and executed. Not all were successful but the skill and bravery…