Jeff Edwards

Jeff Edwards is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Jeff Edwards:

After Being Demoted to Private Nine Separate Times, This Canadian Was Awarded the Victoria Cross

If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…

Takes out 3 Machine Guns, Kills 20 and captures 50 Germans – Even The Enemy Patted Him on the Back

One might presume a nickname such as ‘Fats” was given as an insult, but when you find out a little bit more about the man…

George Welch – One of the Few Pilots Who Fought Back During Pearl Harbor

The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts.  As much as…

Franz “The One That Got Away” Von Werra: Only German POW To Escape From Canada And Get Back Into The Fight

A POW escaping from captivity has long been one of the most fascinating stories of World War 2.  For all the war’s brutality, there seemed to…

Frank Baldwin Received The Medal Of Honor Twice, Once For Fighting The Confederates And Again For Fighting The Native Americans

Receiving the Medal of Honor for valor in combat puts one in the hallowed company of but a few thousand individuals to ever grace the…

Leaving No Man Behind, Bennie Adkins Missed the Evacuation Helicopter and Helped a Team Evade Capture in the Jungles of Vietnam for Over 48 Hours

To be perfectly honest, one can’t be sure how to write a headline for the Medal of Honor actions displayed by Command Sergeant Major Bennie…

The Rogue British Officer Who Broke All The Rules Founded The SAS And Was Nicknamed By The Germans, “The Phantom Major”

If there hadn’t been a global war for survival taking place, Major David Stirling is the type of British Officer who would have been thrown…

Robert Cole, Hero Of The Carentan Bayonet Charge, Tragically Killed Two Weeks Before Being Awarded The Medal of Honor

Operation Market Garden would claim countless American lives in September of 1944, one of whom was a man set to receive the Medal of Honor…

Shot Down Over France, Chuck Yeager Evaded Capture For Four Months And Then Flew Into History At The Speed Of Sound

If there was ever a man that was hard to sum up in one headline, it might be Chuck Yeager. One could mention how he…

Moh & NFL Legend: “I Saw Him Throw Approximately 10 To 12 Grenades, With German Automatic Fire And Grenades Coming Back All The Time”

The world of sports is often said to serve as but a shadow or reflection of war.  There are physical rigors, stressful scenarios, and often…

Korean Soldier Fought in Pacific, Eastern Front, and D-Day for Axis and Allies and 3 Separate Countries

Many men have the honor of saying they fought for their country in the global struggle known as World War 2.  However, not many men…

He Was Awarded the Medal of Honor and then Demoted

It is perhaps a tale that Veterans of the United States Air Force are more familiar with, the story of “Airman Snuffy.” Given a choice…