Funeral Held For WWII Veteran Whose Life Was Spared By Rommel
Roy Wooldridge died at the age of 97. He was a decorated veteran of World War II whose life was once spared when Erwin Rommel,…
The English County Remembering Canadian Casualties Of World War Two
Six Canadians killed on January 2, 1944, when the Wellington bomber they were flying collided with a hillside in England’s West Yorkshire County have been…
Historian Alleges Nixon Interfered With Peace Talks in Vietnam
President Lyndon B. Johnson called Richard Nixon on November 2, 1968. In the call, the president in no uncertain terms, accused the presidential candidate of…
In World War One, Christmas Truces Happened More Often Than Previously Thought
In 1914, soldiers on both sides of the line stopped fighting, left the trenches and played football together on Christmas Day. It is one of…
New Location For Military Cenotaph Up In The Air
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 3 in Toronto, Canada, is facing a dilemma: where to move a 7.5 meter, solid granite cenotaph. The branch is closing,…
Historic Structure In Ontario Is Under Threat
A motorist driving by what once was known as the Eatonville Roadhouse in southwestern Ontario, Canada, would never guess it’s possibly the last piece of…
Fighting On The Gustav Line – Part 1
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi Italy, September 1943 – May 1944 Following the defenestration of Mussolini on July 25,…
Battle Of Arnhem Veteran Passes Away
Gordon (Curly) Harding passed away early in December. He was one of only a few surviving members of the 3rd Parachute Regiment that fought at…
The Blimps: The Defenders Of The Skies In Two World Wars
Sometimes a relatively simple solution is the best one. Such was the case in using barrage balloons, often called “blimps,” in both the First and…
Brave Woman Who Saved Hundreds Of Lives In The Holocaust Dies In The US Aged 96
Marion Pritchard, recognized in 1981 by Yad Vashem, the memorial in Jerusalem to victims of the Holocaust in World War II, as one of the…
The Tragic Sinking Of The Ship Leopoldville In WW2
On Christmas Eve, the 66th Infantry Division was called up to join the Battle of the Bulge. Thousands of soldiers wandered the docks in…
War Museum Releases Book of Previously Unreleased WWI Memoirs
The British Imperial War Museum (IWM) has released a book, “In Their Own Words,” featuring the letters of eleven people and telling their never-before-released stories…