Shahan Russell

Shahan Russell is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Shahan Russell:

Used His Last Moments In a Burning B-24 To Sink a U-Boat – Rescued German Captain Recommended Him For a VC

Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg was awarded a Victoria Cross for destroying a German submarine in WWII. The only reason we know of his heroic deed…

Helicopter Pilot Who Stopped My Lai Massacre Was Called A Traitor In America & Almost Court-Martialed

On 16 March 1968, Hugh Thompson, Jr., Glenn Andreotta, and Lawrence Colburne did their best to protect Vietnamese civilians from being slaughtered. In return for their…

German Jews Who Fled To the Philippines Were Saved From Japanese Brutality By Their Swastika Stamped Passports

During WWII, the Philippines was one of the few countries that accepted Jews. And while the swastika meant eventual death for Jews in Europe, it…

Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler & Saved D-Day

During WWII Juan Pujol Garcia played an important role in deceiving Nazi Germany about where the D-Day landings would occur. In gratitude, the Nazi’s awarded him an…

Japanese Schindler Helped 5,580 Jews Escape The Holocaust Ended Up Selling Lightbulbs To Survive

Although Japan was one of the Axis Powers during WWII, one Japanese diplomat did his best to mitigate the horrors of his country’s ally, Nazi…

Jack Hinson: A Civil War Sniper Hell Bent on Revenge

John W. “Jack” Hinson, better known as “Old Jack” to his family, was a prosperous farmer in Stewart County, Tennessee. A non-political man, he opposed…

Ira Hayes – Iwo Jima Flag Raiser & Very Reluctant Hero

Ira Hamilton Hayes was one of five men who helped raise the American flag over Mt. Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on…

The Man Who Refused To Launch Nuclear Missiles During The Cuban Missile Crisis – Saving The World!

The fact that you can read this is because of a man who said “no” due to an accident. In doing so, he literally saved the world.…

The Heroic German Officer Who Gave His Life Trying to Save an American in a Minefield

October 7, 1994, saw a strange sight over the Hürtgen War Cemetery in Hürtgen, Germany. The cemetery is the final home of 3001 bodies –…

Iranian Embassy Siege and More – Top 8 SAS Operations (We Know About)

The Special Air Service (SAS) was founded by Colonel David Stirling in 1941 as a regiment of the British Army. They were originally a commando…

A Country for a Company – The 1954 US Backed Guatemalan Coup To Support United Fruit Company

The United Fruit Company (UFC) was once so powerful that the US government destroyed democracy in a country for it. It started in 1931 when…

Edward A. Carter, Jr. received the Medal of Honor for killing six soldiers & using the surviving two as a bodysheild.

Edward Allen Carter Junior was born on May 26th, 1916 in Los Angeles, California. Carter had a unique upbringing. His father was an African-American missionary,…