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This Is What Every D-Day Re-Enactment Should Look Like (Watch)

Reenacting D-Day is certainly quite a job and enthusiasts in Conneaut, Ohio prove they’re up to it every year. D-Day Conneaut is one of the…

When Four Prisoners Escaped From Auschwitz In The Kommander’s Car

In 1942, four Polish prisoners at Auschwitz had had enough. They wanted to escape, but if they did (regardless of whether or not they succeeded),…

The Versailles Peace Treaty – Ending The Great War In 1918

The treaty of Versailles was one of several peace treaties which signaled the end of the devastating years of World War I. It sealed the end…

101st Airborne – Siege Of Bastogne – The Aid Station Massacre (Watch)

Reg Jans

Battlefield guide Reg Jans talks about the murder of between eight and 15 wounded Americans in an aid station in the village of Foy near…

American WWII Veteran Gets To Ride In A B-29

Ed Gray, 98, is a World War II veteran from Dallas who served as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater.  He was a First…

WWII Veteran Receives Medals 75 Year After He Earned Them

Harold Curry is a 95-year-old WWII veteran.  He recently received the medals he earned 75 years ago. He wasn’t even aware he was supposed to…

Creator of Much-Loved Show “Dad’s Army” Passes Away Aged 93

Jimmy Perry, a beloved British writer who created Dad’s Army together with the producer David Croft, has died at age 93 following a short illness. The…

First British Flag Raised At Sword Beach Up For Auction

Ian Harvey

If only the first British flag raised at Sword Beach during D-Day could talk. What stories it could tell. The 2ft by 4ft flag has…

Polish-American Historian Under Investigation For Allegedly Insulting Poland

Princeton Professor Jan Tomasz Gross is a Polish-American scholar who has claimed that Poland killed more Jews than the Germans in World War II.  Poland’s…

New Animated Film Deals With The Battle Of Gallipoli – But Not All Reviewers Are Impressed

Some critical reviews of the documentary 25 April, a docu-drama examining the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 have emerged. Gallipoli was a disaster for the Australian…

Tank Profile – The British Cromwell Tank – Speedy, Reliable, And Powerful

Perhaps the most balanced British tank that came out of the Second World War, the Cromwell, named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell,…

Holding The High Ground – The Incredible Self-Sacrifice Of “The Demons Of IB Ridge”

War History Online Presents this Guest Blog By Frank Jastrzembski who writes at www.frankjastrzembski.com On April 30, 1863, the last few remaining members of a French Foreign…