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While His Maniac Brother was Busy Killing Jews, Albert Göring Worked Tirelessly to Save Them

What would happen to your family should one of your siblings join a deadly political beast? If you were a member of the Göring family…

Resistance Without Hope In The Face Of Destruction – The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943

Life in a Ghetto was the unfortunate fate of many Jewish citizens during the Nazi Party’s reign over Germany and its many occupied territories. Crammed…

Irish Guard – Awarded Victoria Cross For Single-Handedly Charging over 100 German Soldiers and Sending Them All into Retreat

Many men had many a war story or two to tell their grandchildren by the end of the 2nd World War.  But it is unknown…

Architect of Marines WWII Strategy, General Holland “Howling Mad” Smith Sure Knew How to Stick It to the Army and Navy

Inter-service rivalry is kind of a thing within the military and while many would compare it to a fight amongst brothers, let us not forget…

These Were The Last Two German U-boats To Surrender In WW2

Throughout the Second World War, U-boats played a critical role in Germany’s warfare strategy. This was especially so during the Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted…

Hans Frank, the Butcher of Occupied Poland

The German invasion of Poland in September of 1939 caused countless repercussions that spanned the duration of World War II and the years that followed.…

Fort Drum, The Unsinkable Concrete ‘Battleship’ of Manila Bay

Anyone who pays a visit to Manila Bay will not easily forget the enchanting sight of the ruined concrete fort that looks as if it…

June 1944 – Rome Falls To The Allies In The Second World War

Celebrations in the Streets of Rome On the June 5th 1944, the people of Rome flooded into the streets to welcome the arrival of the…

This Reindeer Battalion of WWII Was Braver than Soviets, Tougher Than Tanks

The Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive in 1944, which led to the expulsion of German forces from the northern regions of Norway, would have been severely hampered had…

These Were The Best Pilots The German Luftwaffe Had During World War II

The Ace Fighter cult came to prominence during the First World War, which was the first conflict that utilized the use of aircraft in a…

En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer

There is truly no way to quantify who might be the worst crew in US Naval History, but the men of the USS William D.…

How the Coastwatchers Turned the Tide of the Pacific War

War History online presents this Guest Piece from Jim Burrowes Australian Coastwatchers brought the tide of Japanese invasive successes to a shuddering halt when two coastwatchers…