The Bombing of Pearl Harbor – And The Exiled Queen of Holland, The First Female Billionaire
Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria was the longest-serving queen of the Netherlands, having reigned from 1890 to 1948. Her keen business instincts made her the first…
Top 10 WW2 Films!
One more treat for the War History Online film buffs ― Top 10 WWII Films. Now, which is the best WWII movie is always a…
Restoring Honor – The Americans Take Hill 609 in WW2 Tunisia
In most battles, the commanders are focused on proving their superiority over the enemy. But in April 1943, when American troops assaulted Axis positions on…
The Horror of the Lwów Ghetto in WW2
The day was July 26, 1944, when the Polish city of Lwow was finally liberated by the advancing Red Army after fierce clashes with the…
Churchill Ordered Millions Of Pounds Paid in Bribes to Keep Spain Out Of World War Two
What would you do if you were the Prime Minister of Great Britain and you discovered that one of the previously neutral countries in WWII,…
The Last Of The Defeated Germans To Surrender In World War Two
Germany finally capitulated on May 8th, 1945, leaving Europe in ruins, but at peace once again. First, Alfred Jodl prepared the ground by signing the…
Himmler’s Diary Gives Chilling Insights Into the Mind of One of the Most Powerful Men in Nazi Germany
Researchers have recently found the diary of Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler, who is considered the mastermind of the ‘final solution’ and many other atrocities of…
The Kamikaze Pilot Who Took His Wife With Him On His Last Flight
Even though World War Two had come to an end, the story of a Japanese couple who met their death in a deliberate kamikaze suicide…
Hell’s Highway – 101st Airborne Market Garden Battles South of Veghel (Part 2)
Operation Market Garden, it is September 24th 1944 and we are in the 6th day of the ill-fated operation. Earlier that day the Germans tried…
Top Facts About The Los Angeles WWII Zoot Suit Racial Attacks
In 1943, when the United States was involved in World War II the country was rocked on the home front. Thousands of Mexicans had migrated…
The Battle of Stalingrad: The Battle that Broke Hitler
It was at the battle of Stalingrad that Hitler met his match, and was dealt a decisive blow, from which he couldn’t recover. The battle was a…
MoH: Despite Serious Wounds, Paul Bolden Took Out 35 German SS Troops In The Bulge
To be clear, the number would have only been 20 had the German SS taken Bolden up on his act of mercy. For after gunning…