Jeff Edwards

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

Articles by Jeff Edwards:

This British Major Brought An Umbrella To Arnhem Bridge, You Will Not Believe What He Did With It

One might think that being surrounded by the German SS is no laughing matter, but don’t tell that to British Major Digby Tatham-Warter.  This cool…

MoH: 8 German soldiers moved in to try to capture one wounded Edward Carter – It Didn’t End Too Well

One look at the life of Medal of Honor recipient Edward Allen Carter and it doesn’t take you long to realize that this was a…

Admiral Kimmel: The Scapegoat of Pearl Harbor – The Man Who Opened the Door for the Japanese Attack

There have been few American military disasters that could ever rival what took place on December 7, 1941. The United States would see over 2400…

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…

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…

Holding a .30 cal, despite the burns & his bleeding wound, he continued to fire until defensive positions were established

When one posthumously receives the Medal of Honor, it is assumed that they died in combat performing the gallant action that warranted the nation’s highest…

Joined the Marine Corps at 14, Medal of Honor by 17, This Marine Knows How to Get Things Done

For many young people, the outbreak of the greatest War this planet had ever seen would come just a little too early for them to…

Sergeant “Smokey” Smith VC: “I Don’t Take Prisoners, I’m Paid to Kill Them”

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…

The True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at Pearl Harbor – Hungover

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…

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…