WWI Soldiers Are Finally Laid To Rest
This summer will be the 102nd anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles fought during World War I. With the continuing new improvements in DNA testing,…
Americans increasingly ignorant about the Holocaust – says a report by the Claims Conference
Nearly a fifth of American millennials don’t know what Auschwitz is. So says a report by the Claims Conference which was released recently and yet…
The Most Decorated Panzer Companies Of The Wehrmacht PART 3 – 4th Company, Panzer-Regiment 35
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Evan Pinter Continues from: Part 2 – 13th (heavy) Company, SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 and Part 1 – 2nd Company, 502nd…
Honda Point Disaster: Where 7 Destroyers and 23 Sailors Were Lost In The Largest Peacetime Loss Of U.S. Navy Ships
Point Pedernales in Santa Barbara, California is also called Honda Point, but the Spanish who discovered it in the 16th century named it the Devil’s…
We Ask If Anyone Was Really Neutral During WWII – The Story of Switzerland, Portugal and Sweden
The most destructive conflict in modern history certainly did not leave anyone unaffected. However, some countries – Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden, and Spain – were never…
Operation Werewolf: The German Resistance An Elite Group Of Military Men Behind Enemy Lines, To Operate Secretly, Using Guerrilla Tactics
In the Autumn of 1944, the Nazis instigated a plan to establish active forces behind enemy lines as the Allies pushed through Germany. It was called…
The Centenary Collection from Penguin Books – Review by Mark Barnes
Our friends at Penguin have released a set of six books celebrating the centenary of the Royal Air Force. I hadn’t taken note of what…
Operation Urgent Fury: The 1983 US Invasion of Grenada
In 1983, the Cold War was rather hot: Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States and the relations between East and West deteriorated.…
The Panzer Attack on Faïd Pass – the most experienced forces in the region were about to hit the exposed French
On January 30, 1943, German forces attacked the French holding Faïd Pass in Tunisia. The battle highlighted the weakness Allied troops in North Africa were…
When He Ran Out of Grenades He Started Throwing Empty Beer Bottles and Earned the Victoria Cross
War tends to favor those with initiative and ingenuity and for Victoria Cross recipient Bill Speakman, he would evidently possess both. Some might think when…
100th Anniversary of the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux – the First Ever Tank-Versus-Tank Encounter in History of Warfare
The 24th of April, 2018, marked the 100th anniversary of the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux ― the first tank-versus-tank skirmish in history. The battle took…
The Incredible Role of the International Red Cross and The Red Crescent Movements during WWII
The role of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement during the Second World War remains largely unknown to the wider public, but the…