In 1937, A Toilet Break Led to War Between China and Japan
Wars have been waged over the stupidest things, but in 1937, Japan took it a step further. That was the year that a minor incident…
World War Two Soldier’s Remains to Be Properly Buried Decades After He Died In Italy
Lance Corporal Ronald George Blackham was a member of the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards during World War II. He was killed in action as he…
Collection of Rare World War Two Photos and Letters to Sell at Auction
Brenda Hart was a Cabinet Office secretary during the last two years of World War II. She accompanied British prime minister Winston Churchill on a…
The Young Female Spy Who Assisted India To Achieve Independence
One of the unsung heroes who helped India achieve independence from Great Britain is Netaji Subash Chander Bose who revamped the Indian National Army (INA).…
Eugene B. Fluckey and the USS Barb – One of the most effective US submarines in WWII
Near the end of World War II, many of Japan’s remaining war planes and ships were kept in port as they waited for the expected…
Winged Messenger Who Saved Aircrew In World War Two
Few people realize that in World War II carrying a homing pigeon on bombers during missions was common. One aircrew 70 years ago could thank…
Missing World War Two Scroll Returned to Family After Year-Long Search
A Wellington, New Zealand family is delighted to be reunited with an invaluable reminder of Second World War. Last week police issued a public appeal…
The Battle of Normandy – Original Color Footage (Watch)
The tide of the Second World War turned on the 6th of June, 1944, changing the course of history forever. On the shores of…
The U.S. Army’s all Mexican-American Infantry Unit – Little-Known Heroes of the Italian Campaign of WWII
War History Online presents this guest article by Dave Gutierrez There are several unique WWII units that have been well documented. The stories of all the…
Terrible Story Of A Captured Airman In The Hands Of The Japanese In World War Two
So traumatized was Flight Sergeant Bill Tate by his two years as a Japanese prisoner of war that 50 years passed before he could recount…
Incredible Story Of Jacksonville Man Who Was A Hero of the Warsaw Uprising
Stanley Rozycki was 17 and serving in the Polish Underground State when the Warsaw Uprising began on August 1, 1944. The goal of the uprising…
One of the last surviving WWII Lancaster bomber pilots has died aged 92
One of the last surviving Lancaster bomber pilots, 92-year-old Charles Cawthorn of Swindon, Wiltshire, known as Charlie Boy, died last month in the town’s Great…