Fantastic Collection Of Artifacts On Display At Philadelphia’s New Revolutionary War Museum
With a little imagination, visitors to the Revolutionary War museum opening April 19 in Philadelphia will travel back in time to the 1770s. The museum…
March of Life – Organizing Meetings Between Holocaust Survivors And The Descendants Of German Soldiers
The German organization March of Life inspires young Germans to examine their families’ past, break decades-old silence and expose acts perpetrated by their grandparents during…
Battle Of Passchendaele Centenary Plans Announced For 2017
To mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War, major commemorations will occur in Belgium…
The Gustav Line – Part 3: The Breach
War History Online presents the third part of this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi Corp Expéditionnaire Français Anzio – The landing at Anzio took…
British Library instrumental in returning a book stolen by the nazis
As any police officer or detective can verify, a routine inquiry can lead to the unexpected. Such is the case with a copy of ‘Die…
Naming And Honoring Canadian WW1 Soldiers – Their Stories Are Not To Be Forgotten
Exactly 72 years after his death near the Leopold Canal during World War II, Pte. Kenneth Donald Duncanson was laid to rest in September 2016…
Gripping Account Of The Mission From One Of The Original WW2 Dambusters
A movie was made about the Dambusters and their mission to destroy a number of dams in Germany during the Second World War, but it…
The Gustav Line – Part 2: Monte Cassino Abbey
War History Online presents the second part of this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi The Salvage of Montecassino Treasury The Abbey of Montecassino is…
Funeral Held For WWII Veteran Whose Life Was Spared By Rommel
Roy Wooldridge died at the age of 97. He was a decorated veteran of World War II whose life was once spared when Erwin Rommel,…
The English County Remembering Canadian Casualties Of World War Two
Six Canadians killed on January 2, 1944, when the Wellington bomber they were flying collided with a hillside in England’s West Yorkshire County have been…
Historian Alleges Nixon Interfered With Peace Talks in Vietnam
President Lyndon B. Johnson called Richard Nixon on November 2, 1968. In the call, the president in no uncertain terms, accused the presidential candidate of…
In World War One, Christmas Truces Happened More Often Than Previously Thought
In 1914, soldiers on both sides of the line stopped fighting, left the trenches and played football together on Christmas Day. It is one of…