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A Powerful Tribute – Snoopy And Charlie Brown Honoring D-Day Sacrifice (Watch)

This amazing cartoon is called “What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? A Tribute.” It’s an animated television special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by…

Breathtaking Drone Footage Flying Over The First World War Battlefields Of Verdun

In this Drone footage by Gauthier Lefebvre we will take a look at battle for Verdun as we’ve never seen it before. We fly over trenches, inside…

A Concentration Camp Jacket And The Story Of A Holocaust Survivor

Jillian Eisman realized the significance immediately of the blue gray striped jacket when she saw the item priced at two dollars. She knew exactly what…

This True Leader Stormed Multiple Japanese Machine Guns In Burma Until Mortally Wounded

Jeff Edwards

Oxford scholar and founder of a literary magazine are just a couple of honors to which a young man might aspire and find himself on…

Take A Flight In The De Havilland Mosquito – The Wooden Wonder (Watch)

Nicknamed “The Wooden Wonder,” the de Havilland Mosquito was a WWII front-line aircraft built almost entirely of wood. Very few aircraft were designed with this…

A Bridge Too Far: The Battle For Arnhem

Operation Market Garden was one of the boldest moves by Allied forces in the Second World War. The ambition shown in this plan proved greater…

Band of Brothers Hero And Commander of Easy Company, Dick Winters Returns to Aldbourne

The miniseries Band of Brothers may have made him a household name, but Major Richard Davis “Dick” Winters was a highly decorated war hero long…

This Loyal Messenger Dog Saved Countless Lives At Verdun In WW1

Ian Harvey

A courageous World War I war dog was widely hailed a hero, after battling bravely through no man’s land to deliver a life-saving message to…

“We Have A Responsibility” – Sister shares story of brother’s ultimate sacrifice during World War II

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…

Top Facts – The United States Marine Corps At The Battle of Guadalcanal

One of the most famous battles in the history of the United States Marine Corps, Guadalcanal takes its name from a small volcanic island in…

Second World War Veteran D-Day Receives France’s Highest Award

Samuel H. Robertson was honored with the National Order of the Legion of Honor, the highest honor France gives people who have achieved remarkable deeds…

Nine Things the Movie ‘Braveheart’ Got Wrong… And One Thing It Got Right

Andrew Knighton

Mel Gibson’s film Braveheart is both one of the most celebrated and one of the most reviled pieces of historical filmmaking ever. A heart-stirring and…