Unselfish Service – Missouri State Highway Patrolman died in Japanese POW camp in 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…
2 Years Before Filming It’s a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart was Bombing the Daylights Out of The Third Reich
Every year when the Christmas season rolls around, the classic film of a Banker who wishes he had never been born and an angel who…
A Bridge Too Far: The Battle for Arnhem – At A Glance
Operation Market Garden was one of the boldest moves by Allied forces in WWII. The ambition shown in the plan proved greater than the Allied…
Rudolf Hess: The British people “took care of me very well. They…put a rocking chair near the fireplace and offered me tea”
Rudolf Hess was one of the most notable politicians of the National-Socialist Party and, later, Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich. His early life was…
The American landings at Utah Beach were among the easiest – 5 very different experiences: The D-Day beaches
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…
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, that is precisely what happened in the case of the First United…
Strange but True: A Korean Soldier Fought in Pacific, Eastern Front & D-Day for Axis & Allies & 3 Separate Countries
Many men have the honor of saying they fought for their country in the global struggle known as WWII. However, not many men have the…
Researchers Locate Two Wrecked Bombers from WWII
A team of scientists from Project Recover have located a World War II-era twin-engine bomber plane under the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Papua…
Hans von Luck: The Gentlemanly Nazi Commander
War has always been brutal. Sometimes, however, generals try to be civilized. In the midst of battle, they stop, chat with the enemy, and enjoy…
A Devout Christian, he Joined the Nazi Regime: A Strange & Lonely Hero, SS Officer Kurt Gerstein Who Tried to Save Jews
A devout Christian, he joined the Nazi regime and then later tried to oppose it. When that did not work, he hatched a new plan…
During Their Reign of Terror The Nazis Killed 16,000 People With the Guillotine
When people think of a guillotine, they usually picture a medieval setting with a castle, a crowd of peasants and villagers ready for a spectacle.…
Saint Nazaire The Best Raid of WW2: Massive Intel, Courage, Sacrifice and Big Explosions
A little after 1:20 AM on March 28, 1942, searchlights on both sides of the Loire Estuary flooded the waterway to reveal a convoy. Twelve…