WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home
Truly touching moments of humanity, ethics and morals are rather rare in warfare. The Christmas Truce of WWI was an excellent example of such humanity,…
German War Children, civilian survival in WWII – There was hardly any food, in the last year pretty much none
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Article from Annette Oppenlander. When we examine the history of WWII, we often focus on the myriad of battles…
Queen Elizabeth II, The War Years
On Thursday, April 21st, Britain celebrates the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. The Queen is both the oldest and the longest…
Battle of Berlin – The Soviets Hammering The Nail In the Coffin Of The Third Reich
For a war that left 60 million dead, countless lives permanently destroyed and hundreds of thousands homeless and in need, the Battle of Berlin proved…
The Best of the Best: Luftwaffe Aces of WWII
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…
Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards
In the early years of Adolf Hitler’s reign, guards within his concentration camps were primarily male. All that changed in 1942 when the first female guards…
From The Tank Museum: New Chapter In Story Of Tiger 131: Part 5 and 6
What Shot Tiger 131 Evidence suggests that there were four key strikes to Tiger 131 before it was captured, although the order they landed can…
Remembering the Waal Crossing: The Sunset March With WWII Veteran Lt Col Megellas
It is September 20th, 1944, in a desperate attempt to capture the Nijmegen bridges, Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division have to cross the Waal…
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…