Sinking the Tirpitz, Sister to the Bismarck and the Heaviest European Battleship Ever
The story of the World War II German battleship Bismarck is legendary. The massive warship was destroyed by British ships and planes and then scuttled…
Awarded the Medal of Honor For Bravery, His Country Locked up His Family in an Internment Camp
George “Joe” Taro Sakato is a second-generation-born American of Japanese descent, which was why his family had to relocate during WWII. Despite this, he joined…
Strategy of Fear: Doctors Tricked Nazis with Fake Epidemic and Saved 8000 Lives
Providence shone on Dr Eugene Lazowski one night in 1942 when he saw a means of escape and took it. He had been a prisoner…
8 Audacious Tricks the American Ghost Army Used to Deceive the Nazis in WW2
The American 23rd Headquarters Special Troops were given a unique mission during World War II. The unit was made up of more than 1,100 men,…
The Story of Partisan German
By Max Novikov for War History Online Alexander Victorovich German was born in Petrograd (currently Saint-Petersburg) on 24th of May, 1915. After school, he chose…
The Battle of Crete Was The Reason Hitler Abandoned Parachute Assaults For Good
Crete might be an idyllic tourist island now, but during a 12-day period in May 1941 a mixed force of British, Australian, New Zealand and…
New Statue Unveiled in Honor of Female Aviation Pioneer Amy Johnson, Who Died in 1941
Amy Johnson was a pioneering British Aviator. She set many aviation records, during the 1930s either flying solo or with her husband, and she took…
Two American Heroes of World War II – A Pastor and his Wife
On Feb. 4, 1939, nearly a year after German troops marched into Czechoslovakia, an American couple left their picturesque Massachusetts home on a clandestine and…
The Death Match – Legendary Game of Death of Kiev vs Nazi Germany
Let’s dive into the past when playing football could’ve got you killed. In 1942, in occupied Ukraine, a football match was organized by the Nazi…
The Day Japan Lost Her Airforce – “Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home”
“Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home!” This comment from a pilot from the USS Lexington refers to the Battle…
How the WW2 German ‘Schnellboot’ S-102 Was Found in the Black sea
Recreational divers located the located the remains of a WWII German ‘Schnellboot’ lying in forty feet of water in the Black Sea near Crimea. The…
Shot By A German Bullet, An American Flag Flown On D-Day Goes on Display
The Netherlands’ National Military Museum received a fragile American flag on Thursday. The flag once flew on the boat that carried the first US troops…