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Operations Anger and Cannonshot, Missions Of Liberation In The Netherlands

Colin Fraser

In early Spring of 1945, the Western Allies prepared to cross the Rhine, invading Germany and the areas still under the control of the Third…

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…

The Battle of the Bulge: A Doomed And Desperate Gamble At The End Of World War Two

A desperate gamble by a struggling army, the Battle of the Bulge was Hitler’s last great attempt to end the Second World War on terms…

Rommel Attacks El Agheila Fort – The Desert Fox In North Africa

Erwin Rommel’s attack on El Agheila Fort on March 24, 1941, did not lead to fearsome fighting. It was not one of the great battles…

For Individual Acts of Valor During the Battle of the Bulge, 20 US Soldiers Were Awarded the Medal of Honor

War History Online proudly presents this article from Guest Blogger Reg Jans, www.regjans.com. Reg Jans’ deep passion for WWII began as a boy after talking…

George H. Bush Narrowly Escaped Being Executed And Eaten By The Japanese in WWII

Colin Fraser

In September 1944, the USS Finback submarine surfaced a few miles off the coast of Chichi Jima, an island some 700 miles South of Tokyo.…

MoH: Despite Serious Wounds, Paul Bolden Took Out 35 German SS Troops In The Bulge

Jeff Edwards

To be clear, the number would have only been 20 had the German SS taken Bolden up on his act of mercy.  For after gunning…

The Ghost Army: Fooling The Enemy On WW2 Battlefields

The  American 23rd Headquarters Special Troops were given a unique mission during World War II. The unit was made up of more than 1,100 men,…

The Weapons They Carried: WWII Infantry Weapons That Were Crucial to the Fight

Colin Fraser

Let’s take a look at the top 10 WWII Infantry Rifles of WWII, both Allied and Axis. M1 Garand The M1 Garand was the standard…

“Beyond the Call” – Captain Robert M. Trimble – The Unsung Hero Who Saved 1000 POWs In WW2

During WWII, the American government tricked him into going on a secret and dangerous mission to save lives. After the war, only France and Russia…

‘Scarface’ – The Elite Nazi Commando Who Hitler Sent To Rescue Mussolini

Otto Skorzeny was one of Germany’s finest commandos. An engineer by profession, he tried to volunteer for the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), in the year…

Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited

In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…