Japan Tried To Set The U.S. West Coast Ablaze in WWII- It Nearly Worked
Most believe that those at Pearl Harbor were the only casualties on American soil during WWII. Not true. There were more in Oregon. The Japanese…
“I guess they didn’t know I was a Marine” – Heroism and Honor at Guadalcanal
Despite being the smallest of America’s Armed Forces, the US Marine Corps are considered the cream of the crop. There is a good reason for…
FUSAG: Patton’s D-Day Army That Didn’t Exist
An army can help win a war without even existing. Strange as that may seem, this is exactly what happened in the case of the First United…
MoH: Private Towle of the 82nd Airborne Stopped a German Armored Counterattack in Holland with a Bazooka
Many might hold the common assumption that in the battle of man versus tank, heavy armor is sure to win. However, students of the history…
Admiral Yamamoto, The Pearl Harbor Planner Who Believed Japan Would Lose
The man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was an unusual and contradictory figure. A man with peaceful international connections around…
A Japanese grenade was headed straight for the hatch & meant certain death for the crew. Without regard for his own life, he covered the hatch with his body. The grenade exploded on Sgt. Timmerman’s chest
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Grant Timmerman had already served a 4-year enlistment in the Marine Corps. However, Timmerman was…
Four Past & Present Battlefield Histories And Pictorial Guides from Casemate – Review by Mark Barnes
I’ve had a few books awaiting my attention while I dealt with one someone else will have to review when it eventually appears. We’ve never…
Five Very Different Experiences On Five Very Different Beaches : Making History At The Legendary D-Day Landings
The experiences of Allied troops landing on D-Day were very different. The paratroopers scattered by poor weather across hundreds of miles of countryside faced different…
Loyal To His Country – Missouri farmer served as munitions handler in Europe during WWII
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…
Not Just Tanks: WWI had more vehicles than we tend to think
Tanks came into their own in WWI and eventually developed into a host of modern fighting vehicles. However, tanks were not the only motorized vehicles…
The Battle for Lake Tanganyika was one of the Strangest Battles of World War One
Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world, and a natural wonder but one of the strangest battles of WWI took place on…
The WW2 Sinking of Two Mighty Warships – HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse
On December 8, 1941, the drone of aircraft could be heard over Singapore harbor; the war in the Pacific had begun. That evening, two ships…