Colin Fraser

Colin Fraser is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Colin Fraser:

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack

Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…

The War of Jenkins’ Ear – And The Defeat Of A Huge British Armada

Every year on the last Saturday of May, there is a celebration at the Wormsloe Plantation of Savannah, Georgia. In this Southern city known for…

George H. Bush Narrowly Escaped Being Executed and Eaten By The Japanese in WWII

In September 1944, the USS Finback submarine surfaced a few miles off the coast of Chichi Jima, an island some 700 miles South of Tokyo.…

Flying High – American Fighter Aces of World War II

We count down out top ten favorite Aviation Aces from the Second World War. These heroic high-flyers are ranked here according to the number enemy fighters…

Operation Anger, Operation Cannonshot: Missions Of Liberation In The Netherlands

In early Spring of 1945, the Western Allies prepared to cross the Rhine, invading Germany and the areas still under the control of the Third…

The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s Secret Invisibility Research Program

What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity?…

Amazing German Aviator Who Escaped From a British PoW Camp and Died Exploring A Patagonian Glacier

Gunther Plüschow was a man of singular talents, feats, and ambition. In the English-speaking world, we might have heard of his escape from a POW…

The Real Fury: Patton’s Disastrous 1945 Raid to Rescue His Son-in-Law

In February 1943, the U.S. Army had its first major engagement with the forces of Nazi Germany, ending with their disastrous defeat at the Kasserine…

They Shot Each Other Down Then Depended On Each Other For Survival In The Norwegian Wilderness

Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…

The Notorious Rheinwiesenlager – Thousands of Germans Died in American-Run POW Camps In Germany in 1945

For all but fringe debaters on the subject, the book is closed. The horror and death caused my maltreatment or murder in German, Japanese and…

The Philadelphia Experiment: The US Navy’s Secret Invisibility Research Program

What kind of technologies do the governments and militaries of the world possess? What highly classified project have the public been blissfully unaware of? Anti-gravity?…

They Shot Each Other Down Then Depended On Each Other For Survival In The Norwegian Wilderness

Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…