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The Evacuation of Dunkirk, The Evacuation That Kept Britain’s Hopes Of Victory Alive

Colin Fraser

The events of May and early June 1940 were equal parts disaster and Miracle. For France, it was a complete disaster – a total military defeat by…

Battle of the Kasserine Pass 1943: Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox

Colin Fraser

In late January and throughout February 1943, American troops had their first major engagements with German forces in World War II in Tunisia. It really…

Powerful Orders Of Medieval Knights And What Made Each One Distinct

Andrew Knighton

Combining knightly warfare and a monastic lifestyle, the knightly crusading orders were one of the strongest institutions of medieval Europe. Through them, men sought a…

The Versailles Peace Treaty – Ending The Great War In 1918

The treaty of Versailles was one of several peace treaties which signaled the end of the devastating years of World War I. It sealed the end…

With Suicidal Courage, Commander Ernest Evans Took on 4 Japanese Battleships near Leyte, With 3 Destroyers

Jeff Edwards

Just as they were heading into action having witnessed the overwhelming enemy fleet ahead of them, it is reported that Commander Ernest Evans of the…

Invading Okinawa, The Biggest Amphibious Invasion In The Pacific

Codenamed Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War which started on April…

Reconstructing Ancient Warfare – Making the Battles for the TV Show Vikings

War History Online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Justin Pollard, VIKINGS History Consultant “Behold, a people shall come from the north…..They shall hold the bow…

The beginning of the end for the Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410

Jack Beckett

For more than two hundred years the might of the Order of Teutonic Knights had been steadily growing. It was forged in 1190, in the…

Jimmy Doolittle Led The First Mission To Bomb Japan – Against All the Odds

Jeff Edwards

Often, war is no different than your average street fight regardless of how crude that might seem. When a man is punched in the nose,…

Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Gestapo, Who Hitler Called “The Man with the Iron Heart”

Few men in all of human history have been responsible for such monstrous acts as Reinhard Heydrich. The head of the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police,…

Press Conference Announcing the First 50 official “WWI Centennial Memorials” through 100 Cites/100 Memorials

What: Nationwide press conference with key commissioners and dignitaries from the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission announcing the first 50 memorials officially designated as WWI Centennial…

49 Men Would Receive the Victoria Cross During the Battle of Somme Including These 9 on the First Day

Jeff Edwards

In the 70 years following World War II only 15 men have been awarded the Commonwealth’s highest military honor. And yet during one five-month long…