After Pearl Harbor, A Japanese Pilot Crash-Landed On A Hawaiian Island And Tried to Occupy It
In 1941, a lone Japanese pilot tried to capture the Hawaiian island of Ni’ihau. The natives responded by holding a luau for him. Though part…
The Exiled Billionaire Queen Of Holland Had A Role To Play In The Pearl Harbor Attacks
Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria was the longest-serving queen of the Netherlands, having reigned from 1890 to 1948. Her keen business instincts made her the first…
Remembering Pearl Harbor In A Unique Way – With A Massive LEGO WWII Display (Watch)
On December 7, 1941, in an unprecedented and unprovoked act of aggression, the Empire of Japan launched a full-scale assault on American soil. Their target…
The Japanese Tried A Second Raid On Pearl Harbor – It Was Not A Success
Everyone knows about the first bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Less well known, however, was the second attack. And there was almost a third……
The WWII Vet Who Became Famous for a Kiss
90-year-old Carl Muscarello still recalls the day of August 14, 1945. On that day, he took a starring role in the most iconic photo taken…
WWII Veteran Recalls the Battle at Remagen
The Ludendorff Bridge was a long, steel bridge crossing the Rhine in Germany. Little remains of it, 71 years after the German army destroyed it…
This American Naval Chaplain Sacrificed His Life To Save Others At Pearl Harbor
The Reverend Aloysius Schmitt died at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when the USS Oklahoma was struck by Japanese torpedoes. As water rushed in,…
Such A Sad Story From Pearl Harbor: Three Sailors Trapped In The USS West Virginia Could Not Be Rescued
In the aftermath of the attacks on Pearl Harbor during World War Two, stories emerged of sailors who were trapped in the sunken battleships. Some…
If Japan Had Not Attacked Pearl Harbor, History Could Have Been So Different
As we all know, Pearl Harbor was one of the major turning points of World War II. Japan’s devastating attack was a surprise assault, resulting…
Five People Who Changed History At Pearl Harbor (Watch)
When America joined the Second World War, everything changed. For years, they had maintained their distance, as the public didn’t support any form of full-scale intervention.…
War History Online Marks 75 Years Since The Attack On Pearl Harbor (Watch)
In the year 1941, the world was in the grip by the worst war in human history. Germany and the Axis powers were pushing east…
Sedalia Airman Killed at Pearl Harbor Was Missouri’s First WWII Casualty
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…