Jinny McCormick

Jinny McCormick is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Jinny McCormick:

This Reindeer Battalion of WWII Was Braver than Soviets, Tougher Than Tanks

The Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive in 1944, which led to the expulsion of German forces from the northern regions of Norway, would have been severely hampered had…

The Beautiful American Ship USS Constitution Was Built In 1797 And Is Still Afloat Today

“Old Ironsides”, the USS Constitution, has been through it all and lived to tell about it – as her nickname suggests. Built of a study oak,…

The Army Itch And 7 Other Scary Civil War Maladies Which Make Us Thankful For Modern Medicine

Disease accounted for the deaths of 65% of Union soldiers and 62% of Confederates during the Civil War. Those high numbers beat out all other…

The Stories Behind 10 War Songs Which Should Be Remembered

Every war needs a song, we have collected ten songs from the past 300 years that were popular in war. A trip down memory lane!…

The First Native American General Wrote The Appomattox Surrender In The Civil War

How hard would you work to make a change in this world? How many times would you take rejection before giving up? Ely Parker, the…

This Doesn’t Happen Every Day – Huge Collection Of WW2 Tanks Sold At Auction (Watch)

“It’s a very rare event,” Patrick Nerrant said about the auction to sell off his collection of 40 armored vehicles. They included 13 tanks, several…

Battlefield I Weapons Are Accurate in Every Detail

The makers of Battlefield I have put a lot of work into this new game that gives players the virtual experience of handling World War…

The Disney Bomb: Cartoon-Inspired Bunker Buster Could Penetrate 50 Feet of Concrete (Watch)

In 1943, Disney released an animated film, Victory Through Air Power, which featured bombs penetrating a submarine pen. Such a weapon did not exist, but…

Fascinating Reminders Of War – Abandoned Tanks From All Over The World (Watch)

What is more fascinating than an enormous instrument of war wasting away in a landscape that has long forgotten the war that occurred there? These…

Trees in the Way Are Not a Problem for the Russian Screw-Propelled ATV (Watch)

  The ZIL-29061 Screw-Propelled Vehicle was an all-terrain machine designed to recover landed space capsules from remote and otherwise impassable locations. These capsules often fell…

How The Cowboy Capital Honored Veterans On Veterans Day 2016

Stephenville, The Cowboy Capital of the World, honored veterans this Veterans Day, 2016, at the Erath County Courthouse in the center of this small, but…

The Little Known Battles of Attu And Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During WWII

In the cold, desolate Arctic near Alaska in 1942, Japanese troops quietly invaded and took over two of the Aleutian Islands, considered to be North…