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“A Captured Youth” – Veteran shares experience as a German prisoner during World War II

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…

“Theirs is the Glory: Arnhem, Hurst and Conflict on Film” – Review by Mark Barnes

The last time I saw Theirs is the Glory I was lounging in the home of my colleague Joris drinking Highland Park whisky while contemplating…

Incredible Story Of Al Chilson, The Real Rambo – “The Most Incredible List Of Citations I Have Ever Seen”

Llewellyn Morris “Al” Chilson was born on April Fools’ Day, 1 April 1920 in Dayton, Ohio to a WWI veteran. The family later moved to the…

Top 10 Surviving Buildings Built By The Third Reich

The Nazi government under Adolf Hitler saw architecture as a means of imposing fear and respect. Hitler, like many Germans, had an admiration of the…

Veterans Association Mistakenly Overpaying Its Beneficiaries

Irene Miller is a 95-year-old World War II veteran who was receiving monthly payments for years from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA…

The Making of HBO Miniseries “The Pacific”

The Pacific is a TV offering produced by HBO, which launched on March 14th, 2010 in the United States. This TV series was designed to…

The German Infantry Squad in Action – A Demonstration of Minor Field Tactics (Watch)

The U.S. Army translated the German field manual and made this training film in 1944 to teach their soldiers how to fight the Germans as…

Powerful Footage Of Arnhem Allied Cemetery – Operation Market Garden

Following the Allies’ successful landings at Normandy in the north of France, the tide of the war seemed to be turning. America had joined the…

Five Mysterious Treasures From WW2 Which Are Still Missing (Watch)

Hundreds of tons of gold, 13,000 pounds of precious amber, more than hundreds of thousands of diamonds, even the fossilized remains of Peking Man and…

Léo Major, The One-Eyed Liberator of Zwolle – A One-Man Powerhouse In World War Two

Some men are driven by a need to prove themselves to their fathers. One took it to an extreme, however, by single-handedly liberating an entire…

Low Flying B-17 From ‘The War Lover’ Movie – This Is Some Crazy Flying (Watch)

This video shows several low passes by a B-17 at RAF Bovingdon in England; it’s a clip from the movie “The War Lover.” The War…

Incredible – He Saved 669 Children During The Holocaust; He Doesn’t Know They’re Sitting Next To Him

Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…