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Bill Slim and WWII’s Forgotten Army – One of the most successful commanders of the war

One of the greatest military commanders of WWII is usually forgotten in stories of the war. Bill Slim, the British general commanding troops in Burma,…

Medal of Honor – One American’s Daring Escape from German Soldiers In WW2

Typically, the actions for which a man earns the Medal of Honor are the most exciting and frightening of his military career. For Russell Dunham,…

The Soviet T-28 Tank Had Three Turrets, Onboard Radio, And Machine-Gun Anti-Aircraft Units

The T-28 was a Soviet multi-turreted tank designed and produced in the 1930s. The origin of the tank was related to the British Vickers A1E1…

The One-Armed Warrior Who Was Awarded The Victoria Cross

Some soldiers are so pig-headedly persistent that they go down in legend; including one who did so with only one arm. George Albert Cairns was…

Born to Fight – The Only Non-Commonwealth Recipient of the Victoria Cross

People say that some men were born at the right time in history for their gallantry to shine. For Dane Anders Lassen, WWII was his…

Making History Come Alive – WWII Squad Tactics Recreation – With Live Ammunition

War History Online presents this Guest Article by Miles V. (The Firearm Blog) The Firearm Blog TV is a Youtube subsidiary of The Firearm Blog, an…

Japanese-American Soldiers, The Nisei: The Purple Heart Battalion

When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese-Americans became enemy aliens and were sent to internment camps. One responded in a most spectacular way. Daniel…

Eric Liddell, the Record Breaking Olympian Who Kept Hope Alive in a Japanese Prison Camp

The Scotsman Eric Liddell is best remembered for his sporting accomplishments from the 1981 film that dramatized them, Chariots of Fire. However, his record-breaking performance…

A Soldier’s Noble Quest to Return a War Medal to its Rightful Owner

This is the story of how a young soldier’s passion for collecting antiques led to a quest to reunite lost war medals with their owners…

The First Medal of Honor Recipient of WW2 Stood His Ground at Pearl Harbor

It is fitting in a war which would require inexplicable gallantry to win that it would begin with actions worthy of the nation’s highest military…

Battlefield Research on the Eastern Front – Amazing Metal Detector Finds – Relics of the Waffen-SS

  At the end of WWII in 1945, being a Waffen-SS soldier was dangerous. Unlike Germany’s other armed forces, this branch was under the direct…

The most decorated Marine in United States history – Chesty Puller, American Hero

“Chesty” Puller is the most decorated Marine in United States history. Heroic service in Haiti, Nicaragua, the Second World War, and the Korean War earned…