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Oldest American WWII Veteran May Have To Leave The Home He Built Himself

The oldest living US veteran of World War II likes to sit on the porch of the house he built on the east side of…

Christine Granville: One of the Early Leaders of Female Special Ops Agents

Born Krystyna Skarbek in Poland, Christine Granville became one of the most important early female players in the British Special Ops. Working in Nazi-occupied Poland…

World War II Veteran Receives Medals Decades After Service

Ed Ross, who served on the USS Chandeleur (AV-10) during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945, has recently been awarded his service medals. United States…

OSS Members To Be Recognized in 2017 With Congressional Gold Medal

Before there was a CIA, Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan led the Office of Strategic Services, a top-secret group whose job was to change the…

Smoothie With Swastika Label Causes Complaints And Raises Questions About Culture And History

In East London, England, a shopper looking to get something to drink and saw what appeared, at first glance, to be a Nazi swastika on…

“American Survivor” – The Bataan Memorial Death March, And The Only Survivor Who Walks In The Event

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Staff Sgt. Ken Scar. WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – The start of the 27th annual…

“Addle Strife” – Director Presents His New WW2 Short Movie – Watch The Trailer Here

Director Karl Ryan Erikson presents us with the trailer for his new short WW2 film “Addle Strife” Addle Strife is a fictional short film that highlights…

Grandson Achieves His Dream Of Finding His Grandfather’s WWII Plane

Bill Tromblay had been trying to find the plane that his grandfather flew in World War II but had no success.  Bill is a pilot…

American Second World War Veteran Recalls The Siege Of Bastogne In The Winter Of 1944

On Christmas Day 1944, Ross Bouyea split a chocolate bar with another soldier he met that day and never saw him again. It was the…

Austrian Orchestra Was Given A Stolen Painting During WW2 – Now The Rightful Owner Has Been Found

The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra in Austria has returned a painting by neo-impressionist Paul Signac to the heirs of the original collector. The painting, “Port-en-Bessin,” was…

In Rhode Island, The Quonset Air Museum Has Announced That It Will Not Be Reopening

Quonset Air Museum once put the country’s most famous military aircraft on exhibit.  Now, John Kane, president of the museum, has officially confirmed that the…

Another Treasure Hunter Makes Bold Claims About The Location Of The Lost Nazi Gold

A British diver claims to have located Adolf Hitler’s missing £100 million gold hoard at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in a shipwreck. During…