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The Dentist Who Died In A Japanese Banzai Attack on Saipan But He Took Over 100 Enemy Soldiers With Him

Many humans worldwide fear going to the Dentist for pretty obvious reasons: The pain, the worry that you’ll have to get a cavity filled, and…

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, The Architect Of The Sneak Attack On Pearl Harbor

The man who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was an unusual and contradictory figure. A man with peaceful international connections around…

Commander Rudder (2nd Rangers) 10 years later – I Took My Son to Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach

FROM HISTORIES OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS PREPARED BY THE ARMY HISTORICAL DIVISION. –  By W. C. HEINZ Thank you to our friends at OldMagazineArticles.com for…

The Weapons They Carried: Infantry Weapons That Were Crucial In World War Two

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…

The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s Secret Invisibility Research Program

What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity?…

Then And Now: Iconic Battlefields of WWII

After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then – and as they are…

Resistance Without Hope In The Face Of Destruction – The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943

Life in a Ghetto was the unfortunate fate of many Jewish citizens during the Nazi Party’s reign over Germany and its many occupied territories. Crammed…

The Rogue Nazi General Who Committed High Treason To Stop The Reign of Terror in Croatia

Many heroes’ names line the pages of WWII history. Many of these men and women were not recognized and known to the public during their lifetimes…

Gold, Juno, And Sword – The British and Canadian Landings on D-Day

Today, the Normandy landings might be most associated with the iconic photos of Omaha Beach, but let us not forget that there were five sectors…

“Influenced as a Youth” – Veteran Describes Naval Service in WWII, Marine Corps service in Korea

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…

Edwin Glasberg – WWII Marine Extraordinaire

Ian Harvey

Edwin Glasberg, 92, has lived an extraordinary life and is known as a WWII hero for a number of reasons. He was born on the…

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack

Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…