The Little Known Battles of Attu And Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During WWII
In the cold, desolate Arctic near Alaska in 1942, Japanese troops quietly invaded and took over two of the Aleutian Islands, considered to be North…
Top 10 Long Range Sniper Kills In Military History
A sniper is a skilled marksman whose job is to shoot someone from afar without hitting anyone (or anything) else. But it’s not just about…
The Cost Of War: Drone Footage of Margraten American Cemetery
A Large number American soldiers who were killed in Europe during World War II were buried there, thousands of kilometers from home. The Netherlands American Cemetery…
8 Reasons For The French Military Disaster At Dien Bien Phu
Arrogance. Ignorance. Poor planning. These were the weapons with which French commanders fought the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and with which they ensured their…
This True Leader Stormed Multiple Japanese Machine Guns In Burma Until Mortally Wounded
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…
Amazing – WWII Veteran Uses Virtual Reality To Revisit Town He Helped Liberate
Frank Mouqué is a 91-year-old British World War II veteran who fought in the Battle of Normandy where he helped liberate Armentières, France, 72 years…
War Museum In Belarus Honors Tanks And Stalin – But Doesn’t Tell The Full Story
At the Belarus’s Stalin Line museum outside Minsk, visitors can see reenactments of Second World War battles, fire weapons from the Soviet era next to…
The Photographer Who Documented The Devastation In Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Milton Dienes could not have realized that his pictures would one day head to the archives at the Library of Congress. He walked the streets…
Hitler’s Wife’s Jewelry, Underwear, And Other Personal Items Fetch A High Price At Auction
Eva Braun’s lilac underwear fetched a price of £2,900, six times more than the expected bid when auctioned recently by Philip Serrell Auctions. When fees…
Beachhead To Berlin, Amazing Vintage D-Day Documentary (Watch)
One of the most iconic moments from the Second World War came on Tuesday the 6th of June, in 1944. After months of planning and…
The European Theater Of World War Two – Day-By-Day (Watch)
The Second World War lasted from 1939 to 1945, spanning a period of 2194 days. The majority of nations in the world were involved throughout…
“A Captured Youth” – Veteran shares experience as a German prisoner 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…