America’s First Victory Against the German Army Was 97 Years Ago Today
By Matthew J. Davenport, author of First Over There:The Attack on Cantigny, America’s First Battle of World War I (St. Martin’s Press, released May 12,…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow – Dunkirk: Day by Day – 28 May 1940
Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On 28 May 1940 the Belgium Army surrenders…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow – Dunkirk: Day by Day – 27 May 1940
75 years ago today – Operation Dynamo was underway. However the evacuation at Dunkirk was made increasingly difficult by the German Luftwaffe who pounded Dunkirk…
May 9th Celebrations in St Petersburg – War History Online was there!
Our very own David Webb, was in St Petersburg on May 9th to witness the Russian celebration of VE Day. We have prepared a photoblog with…
America goes to WAR – Incredible infographic by the New England Collage
Wars have played an important role in the development of the United States of America. From its humble beginnings to the great nation that it…
PERHAPS THE GREATEST ENIGMA OF WW2: ADMIRAL WILHELM CANARIS
By Richard Brook In Berlin, running perpendicular to the Tiergarten is Stauffenbergstasse, renamed in honor of Col Claus von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to kill…
The search for the Messerschmit Me-109 of Lt. H-U. Jung – By Joop Hendrix – Planehunters Recovery Team
There is a lot of information about this particular crash of Me-109G-14, work number: 464162 from 10./JG3 based at Lippspringe Germany at 1-1-1945. The aircraft was…
Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part II
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an extract from his book The Liberator You…
Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part I
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an extract from his book The Liberator …
Tank Crews in WWII – Who Did What in a Tank
Tanks have certainly played a large role in mechanising modern warfare. Their significance for both the First and Second World Wars cannot be underestimated, and…
Dan Snow: Second Battle of Ypres – The Dawn of Chemical Warfare
100 years ago this week my great grandfather was serving in the Ypres Salient. On 22 April at 5pm he noticed, ‘a whitish blue mist…
Battle Relics of Saipan – Follow Devon Pike as he explores Saipan and it’s hidden bunkers and relics
Saipan is the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands – though it’s hardly sprawling at just under 20 km in length and half that at…