Condemned by Evidence: Minutes of the Wannsee Conference
In March 1947, while German foreign ministry officials were defending their actions at the Nuremberg Trials, assistant US chief counsel made an important discovery. Amid…
Second World War Torpedo discovered in Florida – it will be destroyed at sea
A construction crew uncovered a World War II-era torpedo while building a home south of Vero Beach, Florida. The US Navy dispatched a specialized munitions…
Fantastic – The Generosity of Strangers Allows 110-Year-Old WW2 Veteran to Remain In His Home
Austin, TX – Richard Overton, believed to be the oldest living World War Two veteran, will be able to continue to live in the home…
The Iowa Class: A Departure from Traditional US Battleship Design
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Chris Knupp The four vessels of the Iowa class were the last battleships put to sea by…
US Soldiers Who Earned the Medal of Honor Without Ever Touching a Weapon
There have been three conscientious objectors who were awarded the Medal of Honor – the highest military honor in the US – without ever firing…
Amazing colorized images of WWII bring the war to life for modern viewers
Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colorization. The beauty of these colorized images is that color allows you…
Honoring the dead of HMS Formidable
A century on, the sailors who died in a shocking attack in Lyme Bay have been remembered. HMS Formidable, a Royal Navy battleship, was sunk…
Signals intelligence and code-breaking: The importance of the Zimmerman Telegram
January 17 of this year marked the 100 – year anniversary of the most successful intelligence operation of the First World War that wasn’t surpassed…
The unsung heroes of the First World War: Missouri mules
The Missouri Historical Society is reminding history buffs, as the 100th anniversary of America’s involvement in the First World War approaches, that the state dispatched…
International Holocaust Remembrance Day – January 27, 2017
On January 27, 1945, soldiers from the Soviet Army’s 322nd Rifle Division entered the remains of the death camp at Auschwitz – Birkenau. The camp…
Canadian Second World War pilot awarded France’s Legion of Honor
Dr. Peter Roper says he doesn’t deserve France’s highest honor, saying it was the French villagers who rescued him who should be recognized. Recently, in…
Using his police skills to find his relative’s remains from the Second World War
Police detective Tom McCaslin, 46, from Omaha, Nebraska, has used his skills to finds answers to the question: what led to the disappearance of his namesake uncle,…