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The WW2 Raid on Amiens Prison – A Rescue Mission Which Turned Into A Bloodbath

Operation Jericho was an air raid conducted by the RAF with the goal of freeing the captives of the Nazi-held Amiens prison in France. The…

The Battle of the Bulge: A Doomed And Desperate Gamble At The End Of World War Two

A desperate gamble by a struggling army, the Battle of the Bulge was Hitler’s last great attempt to end the Second World War on terms…

Five Fascinating Military Inventions – From The Big Dog Robot To The Humble Email Address

Military technology has a history of experimenting with novel approaches to the development of new methods of attack and defense. Some experiments are driven by…

Project Acoustic Kitty – The CIA’s Top Secret Spy Cats Project

Shahan Russell

When Seal Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011, they did not do it alone. They had help from a Belgian Malinois dog named…

Rommel Attacks El Agheila Fort – The Desert Fox In North Africa

Erwin Rommel’s attack on El Agheila Fort on March 24, 1941, did not lead to fearsome fighting. It was not one of the great battles…

For Individual Acts of Valor During the Battle of the Bulge, 20 US Soldiers Were Awarded the Medal of Honor

War History Online proudly presents this article from Guest Blogger Reg Jans, www.regjans.com. Reg Jans’ deep passion for WWII began as a boy after talking…

George H. Bush Narrowly Escaped Being Executed And Eaten By The Japanese in WWII

Colin Fraser

In September 1944, the USS Finback submarine surfaced a few miles off the coast of Chichi Jima, an island some 700 miles South of Tokyo.…

When The U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Captured Spy Ship USS Pueblo

Colin Fraser

In Pyongyang, the North Korean Government keeps a trophy from 1968. Moored on the Botong River, alongside the Pyongyang Victorious War Museum sits the USS…

MoH: Despite Serious Wounds, Paul Bolden Took Out 35 German SS Troops In The Bulge

Jeff Edwards

To be clear, the number would have only been 20 had the German SS taken Bolden up on his act of mercy.  For after gunning…

The Weapons They Carried: WWII Infantry Weapons That Were Crucial to the Fight

Colin Fraser

Let’s take a look at the top 10 WWII Infantry Rifles of WWII, both Allied and Axis. M1 Garand The M1 Garand was the standard…

How Gallipoli And The ANZAC Memorial Parade Inspired A Classic WW2 Song

Elly Farelly

In 1971 the Scottish-born folk singer Eric Bogle entered a songwriting competition in Brisbane, Australia. The prize was a valuable Ovation Guitar. The song he…

The Ghost Army: Fooling The Enemy On WW2 Battlefields

The  American 23rd Headquarters Special Troops were given a unique mission during World War II. The unit was made up of more than 1,100 men,…