Medal of Honor, 3 Navy Crosses, and Highest Ship Kill Count for a Submarine Commander in the Pacific
The War in the Pacific was perhaps the last time that history has given us all-out open warfare between two mighty naval fleets on a…
4 Improvised Weapons used in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
The invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 marked the beginning of the Second World War. Polish people had a long history of occupation and…
The Day a Typhoon Nearly Wiped Out the US Third Fleet
The United States Third Fleet was working in the Philippine Sea in December 1944, carrying out air raids on Japanese airfields, when it found itself…
Charity Edna Adams – the Highest Ranking African-American Woman During WWII
During WWII, the US did its best to maintain the flow of mail to its troops in Europe. Unfortunately, most able-bodied workers were either fighting…
Top Ten Important War History Sites In Britain
If you’re British (or even if you’re just visiting Great Britain), don’t miss out on some of these interesting, moving and all-around fascinating war-related sites.…
Hell in the Pacific (2001) – Powerful, Heart-Rending, Intimate Look At The Horror Of The Pacific In WW2 (Watch)
The story of the battles in the Pacific between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of…
Helping the Polish heroes who saved Jews in World War II
Anna Stupnicka-Bando was a young girl in Poland in 1941. She and her mother would sneak food and books to Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.…
Bell From Ship Lost at Pearl Harbor Goes on Display in Hall Named for Medal of Honor Hero
The ship’s bell from the USS Utah is now on display at the Senior Enlisted Academy, a component of the U.S. Naval War College. The Utah…
The Invasion of Kos: The Killing of 103 Royal Italian Army Officers
War History Online presents a Guest Article by Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi In the early hours of 3rd October 1943, a number of German Naval vessels arrived…
The WW2 Battle Of North Cape, And The Utter Destruction Of The German Battleship Scharnhorst
It was wholly dark. In the sea north of Tromsø in Norway, the great German battleship Scharnhorst was on a mission to sink an Allied…
Billions of Dollars of Treasure Looted by the Nazis Is Still Hidden
In 1945, while Germany was falling to the Allies, Nazi leaders were busy hiding the treasure they had confiscated over the previous six years. Art…
Why The Nazis Beheaded a Famous Author’s Sister – Then Sent His Family the Execution Bill
It’s a book beloved by millions, one that’s been read by multiple generations and turned into an equally famous film: All Quiet on the Western…