“I Don’t Like Ike” – Reassessing General Dwight Eisenhower’s Military Career – By Peter B. Gemma
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Peter B. Gemma General Dwight David Eisenhower is best remembered as the military leader who led allied forces…
First down on Yamato, arriving with the attack force on Nov. 20 Beebe & his pilots went to work. – By Barry Smith
On the morning of Saturday, April 7th, 1945 tension aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was times a thousand. The fighter pilots with Hornet’s Air…
The Last Saturday of October – The Declassified Secrets of Black Saturday
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Douglas Gilbert Vasili Arkhipov is arguably the most important person in modern history, thanks to whom October 27, 2017…
Piggyback Hero – by Ralph Kinney Bennett
We present this guest blog by author Ralph Kinney Bennett In 2003 they laid the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in…
The Crew Of The B-24 Liberator “Star Valley” – Downed Behind Enemy Lines
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Mark Gero Saturday, February 5th, 1944, in a remote part of central France lies a village called…
The Myths Of The Montana Class Battleships
War History Online presents this Guest Article by Chris Knupp. Artist’s impression of the Montana class Battleship Myth #1: The Montana class Ignored the Panama Canal…
Six Special Forces “A-Teams,” Tasked with Nuking the Soviet Union
War History Online presents this Guest Article from by James Stejskal Think the Russian threat worries the United States now? At the height of the…
German War Children, civilian survival in WWII – There was hardly any food, in the last year pretty much none
War History Online proudly presents this Guest Article from Annette Oppenlander. When we examine the history of WWII, we often focus on the myriad of battles…
Quickly Raising Armies In The English Civil War – The Infantry, Or Foot, Were Divided Into Two Basic Units, The Pikes & The Muskets
By Guest Blogger Jemahl Evans England in the middle of the Seventeenth Century was the most demilitarized nation in Europe. Contemporary accounts claimed that at the…
The History of the Sabre… Not Just for Cavalrymen
The sabre was the traditional cavalryman’s weapon for most of the gunpowder era, and was carried into action long after it had become all but…
Turning Point For WWII – The Battle of Britain – Part 2
Continues from …. Part 1 – By Guest Blogger Chris Charland Flying In Ernest A few days prior to No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, R.C.A.F. was declared operational, Squadron…
Turning Point For The Second World War – The Battle of Britain – Part 1
War History Online Presents Part one of the guest Blog from Chris Charland. The 15th of September 1940 was undoubtedly the decisive turning point in…