Get Out of Jail Free – How Monopoly Helped Allied POWs Escape
Imagine the following scenario: you’re with the Allies during WWII. Fortunately, your side eventually won. Unfortunately, you’ve ended up in a Nazi POW camp before…
The Ship’s Cook Who Took Over A .50-Caliber Machine Gun To Fight The Japanese At Pearl Harbor
World War 2 will long be remembered as the epitome of total war, total gallantry, and total brutality. It spared none based on their ethnic…
“What we went through” – James Belshe, WWII Veteran Earns Purple Heart for Injury Sustained in the Philippines
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Article by military historian Jeremy P. Amick. “Seventy-something years ago,” described Eldon, Mo., veteran James Belshe, a “wide-eyed…
The WW2 Raid on Amiens Prison – A Rescue Mission Which Turned Into A Bloodbath
Operation Jericho was an air raid conducted by the RAF with the goal of freeing the captives of the Nazi-held Amiens prison in France. The…
Franz Staudegger – German Tiger Ace in the Battle of Kursk
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Evan Pinter The German Panzerkampfwagen VI, better known by its official designation “Tiger”, has sealed its reputation…
Calvin L. Graham: America’s Youngest WWII Hero
Johnston was only 12 during the campaign and 13 when he was decorated. On July 6, 1864, the Union War Department banned the recruitment of…
Covert German Military Growth During The Interwar Years
Following WWI, the Treaty of Versailles was forced upon the defeated Germans by the victorious Allies. To prevent future German aggression, it set strict rules…
Aristides de Sousa Mendes Saved More People than Schindler but Died a Pariah
Aristides de Sousa Mendes was not predestined to be a hero. He was a Portuguese diplomat who served his country for 30 years. However, Mendes…
How Extraterrestrials Got Japanese-Americans Interned in 1942
Many believe that the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the direct result of Pearl Harbor. While true, there were two other factors involved –…
William Hitler, Nephew of Adolf, Joined the US Navy to Fight The Nazis in WW2
Conspiracy theorists claim that a certain Hitler survived WWII, fled to Argentina or Brazil, and lived to a ripe old age. What utter nonsense. He…
The Man Who Escaped 200 Times From A Nazi PoW Camp To Visit His Lover
For some people, escaping a German prisoner of war camp once would be enough. The first time Horace Greasley did it, he was just getting…
China’s Long Fight Against Japan – 1937 to 1945
In 1937, following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, China and Japan went to war. It was the beginning of WWII in East Asia, two years…