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Articles by Guest Author:

“Dogs Tags” – Director presents his World War II independent short film – Watch the trailer here

Dog Tags is a World War II independent short film following the original story of a British pilot, James, stealing a German identity to survive…

The Woman Who Voted Against WW2 – The Pacifism, Feminism & Radicalism of Jeannette Pickering Rankin – by Martin K.A. Morgan

An Associated Press report described “a chorus of hisses and boos” that echoed through the chamber when the Congresswoman from Montana cast her vote.  It…

Doughboys on the Juvigny Plateau, 1918 – Guest Blog by Dr. Paul Dean

War History Online presents this guest article by Dr. Paul Dean World War I is a forgotten war for most Americans. Few in America can name…

Why Did America Enter World War I – By Christopher Kelly

War History Online Presents a Guest Blog from Author Christopher Kelly One hundred years ago, Woodrow Wilson ended America’s longstanding policy of isolation and led us into…

The Inspiring Story of the Seach For a Family Veteran – by Jim Knudsen

Julius St John Knudsen was born in 1916 in Crosby, MN. ) Three years later, 1919, my dad (Wilbur Knudsen) was also born there. Another…

Coming Home, 1968 – A Veteran’s True Story By Dan Daly

War History Online presents this guest article by Dan Daly. Just over 50 years ago as a junior officer, I arrived in Coronado California to meet…

Twelve Days Of Hard Fighting – The Australians Defeat The Japanese At Milne Bay In World War Two

Reprinted with permission from Australian Bunker and Military Museum Milne Bay is located on the south-eastern tip of Papua. Before World War II, most of the area’s…

100 Years On: Passchendaele in Color – Amazing Colorized Photos by Tom Marshall

Just over a year ago I published a blog of photos taken during the battle of the Somme in 1916.  This Fall marks the centenary…

Operation Overlord: The Greatest Amphibious Landing in History – Part 2

War History Online presents the second part of this Guest Article from Joseph M. Durante The Beaches At Sword Beach, the easternmost landing site of the invasion, the…

Iowa Class Battlecruisers – We Ask If America’s Most Powerful Dreadnoughts May Actually Have Been Battlecruisers

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Chris Knupp The four vessels of the Iowa class were the last battleships put to sea by…

Transportation equipment reactivated or repurposed for the World War II Homefront

The reactivations by government agencies and firms that purchased inactive equipment in the buildup to or the early years of World War II or the…

Echo of Infamy – The Little Known Second Attack on Pearl Harbor, March 4, 1942

War History Online presents this Guest Article by Thomas D. Pilsch With great solemnity and reverence, America observed the 75th anniversary of the devastating December…