The War Could Not Have Been Won Without This Wonderfully Simple Piece Of Design – The Humble Bailey Bridge
Picture an Allied tank commander in Europe, during Autumn, 1944. Advancing for days, destroying the German resistance. Nothing has been able to stop the invasion;…
Amazing Story From WW2 – The Dutch Concentration Camp Survivor Who Saved Lives And Forgave Her Captors
During WWII, the Nazis chucked her, together with her entire family, into a concentration camp. After the war, and despite losing relatives, she set up…
This American World War Two Veteran’s Best Friend Is Also His Bodyguard – You Don’t Mess With These Two
Not everyone has a bodyguard but 95-year-old Leonard Stevens does. The World War II glider pilot has Vonnie Wallace. She doesn’t accompany him armed with…
My Father’s War: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers – Amazing Pictures From The Collection of Charley Valera
– War History Online thanks Charley Valera for sharing his some of his amazing photos with us in this exclusive Guest Blog. Be sure to check…
Here Are Three Of The Best Spies Operating In Europe During World War Two – And They Are All Women
During World War II, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a thrown-together conglomeration of amateurs and spies that President Eisenhower credited with turning the tide…
En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer
There is truly no way to quantify who might be the worst crew in US Naval History, but the men of the USS William D.…
Pearl Harbor Movie, Hilariously Ripped Apart by Honest Trailers (Watch)
“Pearl Harbor” is one of those movies that everybody has seen and everybody likes some bits of it. Despite receiving a lot of negative reviews…
76 Hours Of Hell – The Battle Of Tarawa – 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…
The Only Woman Ever To Join The French Foreign Legion Served In World War Two And Vietnam
The Légion Étrangère is better known as the French Foreign Legion – a military organization open to men who are foreign nationals. In 1945, however,…
Medal Of Honor: This Heroic Airman Burned To Save His Crew From Certain Death
The Medal of Honor is America’s highest military award given to those for acts of valor that in some cases border on insanity. In WWII,…
A Bridge Too Far: The Americans, And The True Story Of The 101st And 82nd In Operation Market Garden
A Bridge Too Far, the film adaptation of Cornelius Ryan’s book of the same name, tells the epic tale of the men who fought through…
Killing The Fuhrer: The Many Attempts On Hitler’s Life Before WWII
One of the most hated men in the history of humanity survived many attempts on his life during his 12-year reign. Even though Adolf Hitler…