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…
New Location For Military Cenotaph Up In The Air
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 3 in Toronto, Canada, is facing a dilemma: where to move a 7.5 meter, solid granite cenotaph. The branch is closing,…
Historic Structure In Ontario Is Under Threat
A motorist driving by what once was known as the Eatonville Roadhouse in southwestern Ontario, Canada, would never guess it’s possibly the last piece of…
Fighting On The Gustav Line – Part 1
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi Italy, September 1943 – May 1944 Following the defenestration of Mussolini on July 25,…
Battle Of Arnhem Veteran Passes Away
Gordon (Curly) Harding passed away early in December. He was one of only a few surviving members of the 3rd Parachute Regiment that fought at…
The Blimps: The Defenders Of The Skies In Two World Wars
Sometimes a relatively simple solution is the best one. Such was the case in using barrage balloons, often called “blimps,” in both the First and…
Brave Woman Who Saved Hundreds Of Lives In The Holocaust Dies In The US Aged 96
Marion Pritchard, recognized in 1981 by Yad Vashem, the memorial in Jerusalem to victims of the Holocaust in World War II, as one of the…
The Tragic Sinking Of The Ship Leopoldville In WW2
On Christmas Eve, the 66th Infantry Division was called up to join the Battle of the Bulge. Thousands of soldiers wandered the docks in…
A Last Game Of Football Before Going To War
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the US military would not allow the Rose Bowl game to be played in Pasadena,…
This Brave Pilot Climbed Out On To The Wing Of His Stricken Bomber At 13,000 Feet
The details behind every Victoria Cross are fascinating, but James Allen Ward may have the most unique tale of all. The 22-year-old New Zealand-born pilot…
Violette Szabo: British Female Spy Killed Behind Enemy Lines
A British Special Ops agent in World War II, Violette Szabo was a posthumous recipient of the George Cross for her impressive work in occupied…