The “Forgotten Blitz” In WW2 That Left Hundreds Dead And Thousands Homeless
During World War Two, Britain found itself facing the threat of air raids. German bomber planes would fly above cities and attempt to destroy factories contributing…
The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…
These Two Pilots Were Off-Duty When The Japanese Struck At Pearl Harbor – They Leaped Into Action And Fought Back
The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time, as are the men who could give first-hand accounts. As much as…
How The Stringbag, an Outdated Biplane, Took Out the Gigantic Battleship Bismarck in the Second World War
The German battleship, Bismarck, was one of the biggest vessels ever built in the first half of the 20th century. A marvel of advanced engineering…
A Life Shaped By War – An American Veteran Reflects On Pearl Harbor And 20 Years Of Naval Service
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…
The War Could Not Have Been Won Without This Wonderfully Simple Piece Of Design – The Humble Bailey Bridge
Picture an Allied tank commander in Europe, during Autumn, 1944. Advancing for days, destroying the German resistance. Nothing has been able to stop the invasion;…
The Death Match – Legendary Game of Death of Kiev vs Nazi Germany
Let’s dive into the past when playing football could’ve got you killed. In 1942, in occupied Ukraine, a football match was organized by the Nazi…
Amazing Story From WW2 – The Dutch Concentration Camp Survivor Who Saved Lives And Forgave Her Captors
During WWII, the Nazis chucked her, together with her entire family, into a concentration camp. After the war, and despite losing relatives, she set up…
This Soldier Captured 500 Yards Of Enemy Trench In The First World War – He Was Honored With The Victoria Cross For His Actions
If the history of war proves one thing it is that the physical stature of a soldier has little to do with the gallantry they…
En Route To North Africa, FDR Was Almost Killed By A Torpedo Fired By A US Navy Destroyer
There is truly no way to quantify who might be the worst crew in US Naval History, but the men of the USS William D.…
The Ghost of WWII: Amazing Photos of Bologna, Then and Now
Today the narrative of the Second World War is dominated, at least on the side of the Axis powers, by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party…
The WW2 Tests That Produced Napalm – The United States’ Mock WWII German & Japanese Villages
It’s well known that the U.S. Army built a myriad of projects in the southwestern deserts of the States to test various new kinds of…