After Pearl Harbor, Many Planes Crashed Into Lake Michigan During Training – Now They Are Being Recovered
Take away the title Lake Michigan and that large body of water could be the Pacific Ocean. It became so after the Japanese attack on…
How A Crossword Puzzle Nearly Spelled The End For D-Day
To end WWII in Europe, the Allies planned a massive assault on Normandy, France, in 1944. Over 5,000 ships, 1,200 planes, and almost 160,000 men…
Tank Museum – The Best Tank Of WWII: The Panther (Watch)
The Panther tank wasn’t a heavily-armored tank or massively armed like other tanks out there (such as the Tiger), but it was considered superior as…
14 Facts about the Teutonic Knights, Crusading Lords of Eastern Europe
When thinking of crusaders, the Knights Templar and Hospitaller first come to mind, being the most famous of the Christian warrior Orders. Another Order was…
Avro Lancaster NX611 “Just Jane” Restoration
Avro Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ has had a chequered history from her ‘birth’ in April 1945. She was built as a MK7 which was conceived…
When London Burned – 10 Extraordinary Stories From The Blitz In WW2
From September 1940 through to the summer of 1941, British cities came under attack. Night after night, German aircraft dropped bombs on Britain’s major centers…
Greek Fire: Civil War in the “Cradle of Democracy” After WW2
War History Online Presents this Guest Blog From Alan G. Gauthreaux. A highly motivated and extremely determined Greek army descended on communist guerrillas on three sides…
The Essential Role Of American Women In Industry During The Second World War
The attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbour on the 7th December 1941 not only drove thousands of young men from their homes and into…
Courage And Valor – New Zealanders In The Italian Campaign of WWII
The largely forgotten story of New Zealand’s contribution to the liberation of Italy between 1943 and 1945 is being told in a free podcast series…
This Doesn’t Happen Every Day – Huge Collection Of WW2 Tanks Sold At Auction (Watch)
“It’s a very rare event,” Patrick Nerrant said about the auction to sell off his collection of 40 armored vehicles. They included 13 tanks, several…
France Acknowledging Government’s Responsibility For Roma Internment During WWII
France has historically been the home of large populations of Gypsies known as “gens du voyage,” or “travelers,” since they generally live in their caravans…
This Man Hopes To Reunite A Second World War Dog Tag With The Soldier’s Descendants
72 years ago, during the Second World War, a soldier named Gaston Clermont died. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) knows the date he died…