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…
Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron Appoints New Squadron Leader
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, today announced that P-51C Mustang pilot Doug Rozendaal will return to…
New Location For Military Cenotaph Up In The Air
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 3 in Toronto, Canada, is facing a dilemma: where to move a 7.5 meter, solid granite cenotaph. The branch is closing,…
Historic Structure In Ontario Is Under Threat
A motorist driving by what once was known as the Eatonville Roadhouse in southwestern Ontario, Canada, would never guess it’s possibly the last piece of…
China’s New High-Tech Frigate
China has commissioned a new warship. On December 29th, a Type 054A Jiangkai II-class frigate named Binzhou entered the East Sea Fleet according to images…
New Documentary About The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier
The new documentary film ‘THE UNKNOWNS’, which follows the training of the Sentinels at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, is…
Fighting On The Gustav Line – Part 1
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi Italy, September 1943 – May 1944 Following the defenestration of Mussolini on July 25,…
Battle Of Arnhem Veteran Passes Away
Gordon (Curly) Harding passed away early in December. He was one of only a few surviving members of the 3rd Parachute Regiment that fought at…