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A Real Treat – Visitors Will Soon Be Able To Ride A WW2 PT Boat in New Orleans

What a rush this will be: tourists will soon have the opportunity to go for a ride in a restored Second World War PT boat…

Rare Viking coin fetches £12,000 at auction

Ian Harvey

Metal detectorist Richard Scothern of Pinxton literally struck pay dirt last year when he unearthed a rare Viking penny that at auction fetched £12,000 including…

World War Two Veteran Loaded Planes for Battle

Ian Harvey

James Buggs grew up with five brothers and sisters working on the family farm. He was drafted into World War II after finishing high school.…

World War I Centennial Commission Announces April 6 Commemorative Ceremony Public Tickets

The United States World War I Centennial Commission announced public tickets are now available for “In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace: Centennial Commemoration of the…

World War II Fighter Squadron Veteran’s Remains Return Home for Burial

Ian Harvey

Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. John D. Mumford of St. Petersburg, Florida, was 22 when he went missing in action during World War II. On…

Nine Reasons Why the South Lost the American Civil War

An extensive amount of effort has gone into studying the American Civil War. The reasons for the war and its outcome remain hotly debated. The…

A Costly Failure: Germany’s Failed Attempts to Infiltrate Allied-Occupied Italy

The Allied invasion of Italy was one of the great reversals of WWII. It was followed by the failure of Nazi Germany’s attempts to put…

A Tale of Two Rebels: Allied Support for Desperate Partisan Resistance in World War Two

WWII was not just fought between regular armies. Wherever the Germans invaded, resistance movements sprang up to defy them. Backing those groups was an important…

“Old soldiers fade away” – Missouri veteran served in the predecessor to U.S. Air Force in WWI

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…

Random Act of Kindness for WWII Veteran

Rene Duhon is a World War II veteran who was standing in line at an Albertson’s grocery store in Lafayette, Louisiana, when the woman behind…

Photographs Reveal Life in the German Trenches During WWI

Robert Lichte was a medical officer in the German army during World War I. He took a series of photographs that give a glimpse into…

The Tragedy of the Destroyer USS Leopold

Gabe Christy

Convoy escort during WWII could be both a terrifying or dull affair. Sailors spent hours peering into gray seas, searching for and dreading the prospect…