Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited
In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…
Douglas Jacobson: The Iwo Jima Killing Machine Who Took Out 75 Enemy Soldiers And 16 Fortified Positions in the Battle of Hill 382
Iwo Jima was a unique bloodbath in the American Pacific campaign. It was the only time in the entire conflict that Japanese casualties numbered less…
Operation Reservist: When The Allies Were Annihilated By Vichy French Soldiers In WW2
After the fall of France during WWII, a puppet regime was established, with its administrative center in the town of Vichy, declaring itself The Vichy…
“Nuts” – The Five Best Responses to Surrender Ultimatums in History
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Samuel B. Parker. Few things are more inspiring or compelling than stories of courage in the…
How A Small Group Of Canadian Paratroopers Saved Denmark From Soviet Occupation
By May 1945 the war in Europe had finally started to wind down. Yet for the men of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, there was…
The Milkman: The Story behind One of the Most Iconic Images of the Blitz
As photography had become part of people’s daily lives during the inter-war period, numerous iconic images were taken of the Second World War, creating an…
80 Years, A Tribute To The PBY Catalina – Review by Mark Barnes
Hans Wiesman first came to my attention a few years ago on the publication of his book The Dakota Hunter, a book detailing much of…
Heavy memories – Veteran served aboard battleship USS Washington during several WWII campaigns
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 Families…
All Is Fair in Love and War – A WWII Veteran Recalls Making Both
War History Online presents this guest blog by Dave Paone In 1945, at age 19, Stanley Feltman was a tail gunner in a B-29 for…
Was Eva Braun a Naive Bystander or Proactive Participant in Nazi Actions
In her 2011 book, Eva Braun: Life with Hitler, author Heike G. Gortemaker paints a portrait of an Eva that was more than the often…
The Axis Occupation Of Europe Then And Now – Review by Mark Barnes
We live in troubled times where fear and loathing of immigrants, school yard shootings, youth violence, distant wars and poisonings in sleepy cathedral cities vie…
Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Chicken Farmer Spy Who Tricked Hitler & Saved D-Day
During WWII Juan Pujol Garcia played an important role in deceiving Nazi Germany about where the D-Day landings would occur. In gratitude, the Nazi’s awarded him an…