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The Marshalls-Gilberts Raids of 1942: America’s Pearl Harbor Payback

American President Franklin Roosevelt spoke words that would last for decades, for centuries when he decreed that December 7, 1941 would forever be a day…

“It’s Service I Had To Do” – Army veteran served with infantry division in Europe during WWII

Jeremy Amick

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…

From The Tank Museum: Background To The Battle Of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk was one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War.  Fought between the 5th July and 23rd August 1943, it began…

MoH: 8 German soldiers moved in to try to capture one wounded Edward Carter – It Didn’t End To Well

Jeff Edwards

One look at the life of Medal of Honor recipient Edward Allen Carter and it doesn’t take you long to realize that this was a…

2 February 1943 – The End of the Battle For Stalingrad. Brutal close quarters fighting was accompanied by bombardments that saw swathes of the city reduced to rubble

The largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, the Siege of Stalingrad lasted over five months and resulted in somewhere between 1.7 and…

The Brutal Battle of Monte Cassino & the Breaking of the Gustav Line

Colin Fraser

The main fixture of these nearly insurmountable defenses that General Sir Harold Alexander, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy threw the bulk of his…

It’s Complicated: The Royal Navy Freed 299 POW But Caused Norway To Be Invaded By Nazi Germany

In 1940, a tanker was transporting 299 British POWs to Germany. As it passed through neutral Norwegian waters, the British mounted a successful rescue operation,…

From The Tank Museum: When The Germans Desperately Needed To Counter The T-34, This Was Their Design

The Panther was not as thickly armoured, nor as heavily armed, as tanks such as the Tiger but was probably a much more balanced design.…

How Dr. Morell Made Hitler A Cocaine Junkie

Elaine Smith

By Elaine Fields Smith At last, a reasonable explanation for dictator Adolf Hitler’s maniacal behavior. The Fuhrer was on drugs thanks to Dr. Theodor Morell.…

Montgomery Was Shot Twice During WWI – And Other Things We Might Not Have Known About Him

Ivano Massari

Bernard Montgomery, who was to become one of the most outstanding of British military leaders, was born in London in 1887.  His grandfather was General…

Like a Scene From the Great Escape: If PoWs Escaped They Had To Learn Fast To Blend In With The Locals

During WWII, many British servicemen became prisoners of the Germans. Some were captured during the fall of France and the retreat to Dunkirk. Others were…

MI9: The Secret British Organization Set Up in WWII to Help Prisoners Of War Escape

During WWII, thousands of combatants were taken prisoner by their opponents. To help Allied troops who had been captured and to get the best possible…