Viewing Gardens at War Graves
Many picture war graves as depressing rows of white, unmarked crosses. Some, however, have put in the effort to make their appearances more viewer friendly,…
Prime Minister Encouraging the Planting Poppies in Honour of WWI
David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, is requesting British citizens to plant poppies in a show of remembrance for WWI, which enters into…
Man Defends War Grave from WWII
A company wishing to erect a wind turbine on the site of a war grave has met with local opposition. Their opposition is a man…
Exercise Tiger Receives Somber Commemorations
Exercise Tiger was the name of the poorly fated training exercise which took place seven decades ago in preparation for the beach invasions of…
DEEP WATER, DARK SECRETS: REASSESSING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT – Part 3
Part 1: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/deep-water-dark-secrets-reassessing-historiography-tonkin-gulf-incident-part-1.html Part 2: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/deep-water-dark-secrets-reassessing-historiography-tonkin-gulf-incident-part-2.html Equally helpful in trying to unravel the Tonkin mystery at the time was John Galloway’s 1970 work The Gulf of Tonkin…
US MARINE CORPS FIGHTER SQUADRONS OF WORLD WAR II – Review by Mark Barnes
There was another war a long way from Europe that entailed fleets and armies travelling huge distances to collectively experience all the see-saw stuff –…
Benevolent Sailors Awarded WWII Medals
Certain WWII medals are only given out by certain nations. This is part of the reason that some soldiers are so highly decorated, and why…
Vietnam Veterans Not Among Those Most Honored
Almost forty years after the end of the war in which many risked their lives, Vietnam veterans find themselves set apart from the survivors of…
The Landing Ship Tank Museum: USS LST-393
The USS LST-393 Veterans Museum is one of only two ships of its class which is still afloat today. These ships were used during the Second…
Crossword Hints at Leak in D-Day Plans
An MI5 official doing his crossword in May of 1944 discovered a potential leak in plans for D-Day. Several clues were put in the puzzle…
World War II Tanks, Guns And More Found In Iraq (Watch)
Imagine yourself a modern day soldier, you are in Iraq fighting insurgents when all of a sudden you are faced with tanks that seem to…
Mattie Gilloteau: Growing Up During WWII
This is the story of two children who lived through the Second World War; a young French girl, Mattie Gilloteau Sabol and a young German…