The Battle of Britain – One of the Most Important Aerial Campaigns in History
The Battle of Britain was one of the most important aerial campaigns in history. It stopped Nazi Germany’s westward expansion and prevented the invasion of…
Keeping The Promise – Air Force veteran finishes career while commander of 24th NORAD Region
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…
US Pilot Gerald Young: Rescued Comrades from the Jungle of Vietnam
It is often said that greater love hath no man than he who gives his life for his friends. That sentiment is the reason why…
Field Marshal Walter Model: a German Commander of WWII
In the fall of 1943, following the failure of an offensive in Russia, Hitler complained to his commanders about the quality of their troops. What…
The Nazi Invasion of Poland in the Opening Stages of World War Two
The invasion of Poland was one in a long line of acts of Nazi German aggression. It was also the one that tipped Europe into…
Rudolf Witzig: Commander of the Eben Emael Fortress Attack
Few men can say that, at the age of 23, they led an attack of historical significance. That is exactly what happened to Rudolf Witzig,…
Fearless Escapes Over (And Under) The Berlin Wall
When the Second World War was finally over, Germany was divided up into four occupation zones among the Allied forces. Berlin was also divided up…
Night Witches – Soviet Female Flying Aces Who Struck Terror Into the Hearts of the German Wehrmacht
In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Because of their superior technology and their rapid success in taking territory, the Germans had expected a quick…
Horrifying, Tragic, Inspirational – How the Nazis Destroyed Lidice and the World Preserved its Memory
In June 1942, the Nazi German occupiers of Czechoslovakia destroyed the mining village of Lidice. It was wiped off the map so completely that even…
A Fatal Failing Of Intelligent Leadership in the Vietnam War – The Battle Of Lima Site 85
There is a remote mountaintop in north-eastern Laos called Phou Phathi, and the locals said it was a place where phi, or spirits, lived. By…
Hanns Scharff – Nazi Germany’s POW “Master Interrogator” Who Used Kindness Not Brutality
The Nazis had a “Master Interrogator” who was so good at getting information out of prisoners that he became a legend. His methods were so…
Rudolph Hess: The Nazi Who Flew to Britain in 1941 to try to Make a Peace Deal
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was born on April 26, 1894, in Alexandria, Egypt to a wealthy family of Bavarian merchants. At 14, he was sent…