World War 2 | War History

Wilhelm Canaris, German Admiral, Chief Of The Abwehr, Opponent Of The Nazi Regime

Holly Godbey

Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German military man and also a member of the German intelligence agency. Originally supporting Hitler, he later became a Nazi…

Some of the Most Interesting and Important Military History Sites in Britain

If you’re British (or even if you’re just visiting Great Britain), don’t miss out on some of these interesting, moving and all-around fascinating war-related sites.…

Watch the WW2 Battle of the Coral Sea – In Color

From the 4th to 8th May 1942, the Japanese and American fleets in the Pacific made history. For the first time ever, a naval battle…

The Sinking of KMS Blucher At The Dawn Of World War Two

Gabe Christy

It was a chilly April day in 1940 when the Phoney War ended for Norway. Snow still sat on the hills around Drøbak Sound, just…

General Truscott, Who Apologized To The Dead Soldiers on Memorial Day 1945

Jeff Edwards

When asked to give a Memorial Day speech in 1945, General Lucian Truscott who had just spent the past 3 years retaking Europe from Nazi…

The United States Marine Corps At Guadalcanal – One of the Hardest Battles of the War

One of the most famous battles in the history of the United States Marine Corps, Guadalcanal takes its name from a small volcanic island in…

With His Brother KIA On Crete, This Sniper Stalked And Killed 33 German Snipers

Jeff Edwards

Men who have endured combat together have a special bond that has famously been characterized as being like a “Band of Brothers.” One can only…

A Bridge Too Far: The Battle For Arnhem

Operation Market Garden was one of the boldest moves by Allied forces in the Second World War. The ambition shown in this plan proved greater…

His Christianity Drove Him To Try To Oppose The Nazi Party… From Within

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…

Wernher von Braun: Engineer For Both The German And The U.S. Forces

Holly Godbey

It may be surprising to learn that one of the men responsible for the first U.S. Space Satellite, Explorer I, as well as the lunar…

The Battle of Tarawa: 76 Hours of Hell – 5,700 Dead for Twelve Square Miles

The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…

This True Leader Stormed Multiple Japanese Machine Guns In Burma Until Mortally Wounded

Jeff Edwards

Oxford scholar and founder of a literary magazine are just a couple of honors to which a young man might aspire and find himself on…