A German and an American Meet at the end of WWII
War is full of brief encounters. A sudden glimpse of the face of an enemy; the brief sighting of an enemy submarine; or seeing a wounded…
The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From World War One And World War Two
Unmanned aerial vehicles, popularly known as drones, are most often associated with airstrikes in modern warfare, but their history goes much further back than that.…
Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2
In 1918 two teenage brothers posed for a photograph. The older brother has his arm protectively around the younger one. They are Heinze and Reinhard…
In WW2, The Germans Tried to Copy the de Havilland Mosquito – And Failed
The de Havilland Mosquito was one of Britains most iconic aircraft. The high-velocity airplane made entirely from plywood was landing severe blows on the Reich…
How Tanks Decided The First And Second World Wars
The concept of a military tank was not particularly new in 1916. However, the ability to move troops safely through combat territories with a vehicle…
Fantastic Collection Of Artifacts On Display At Philadelphia’s New Revolutionary War Museum
With a little imagination, visitors to the Revolutionary War museum opening April 19 in Philadelphia will travel back in time to the 1770s. The museum…
March of Life – Organizing Meetings Between Holocaust Survivors And The Descendants Of German Soldiers
The German organization March of Life inspires young Germans to examine their families’ past, break decades-old silence and expose acts perpetrated by their grandparents during…
The Gustav Line – Part 3: The Breach
War History Online presents the third part of this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi Corp Expéditionnaire Français Anzio – The landing at Anzio took…
Gripping Account Of The Mission From One Of The Original WW2 Dambusters
A movie was made about the Dambusters and their mission to destroy a number of dams in Germany during the Second World War, but it…
The Gustav Line – Part 2: Monte Cassino Abbey
War History Online presents the second part of this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi The Salvage of Montecassino Treasury The Abbey of Montecassino is…
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…