Brave American WW2 Crew Who Get Together Every Year To Remember Their Service
This weekend is the 71st annual reunion for the crew of the USS Emmons. Seven shipmates and their families, along with the families of their…
A New Hunt Is On For Looted Nazi Treasure – This Time, It’s The Famous Long-Lost ‘Amber Room’
The hunt is on for looted WW2 treasure in a German forest. After a disappointing result from the recent ‘Nazi Gold Train’ dig in Poland, this new…
New Documentary About the WW2 US Army Hero Who Led The Last Cavalry Charge in American History
“Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story” is a new documentary about the WWII hero who led the last cavalry charge in US military history. Born…
Recognition by Two 12-Year-Olds to Honour American Vietnam War Marine
For the majority of their young lives, 12-year-old best friends Alec Jankowski and Rudy Altenbach have walked by a cenotaph to U.S. Marine Pfc. Gregory Kasper, who died…
William Hitler, Nephew of Adolf, Joined the US Navy to Fight The Nazis in WW2
Conspiracy theorists claim that a certain Hitler survived WWII, fled to Argentina or Brazil, and lived to a ripe old age. What utter nonsense. He…
‘Corsair Fleet’ – The Brave Civilian Crews Who Took On Nazi Submarines To Protect the American Coast
While many people know the story of the “Little Ships of Dunkirk,” Great Britain was not the only nation to call upon its civilian sailors…
How Extraterrestrials Got Japanese-Americans Interned in 1942
Many believe that the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the direct result of Pearl Harbor. While true, there were two other factors involved –…
Sinking the Tirpitz, Sister to the Bismarck and the Heaviest European Battleship Ever
The story of the World War II German battleship Bismarck is legendary. The massive warship was destroyed by British ships and planes and then scuttled…
Awarded the Medal of Honor For Bravery, His Country Locked up His Family in an Internment Camp
George “Joe” Taro Sakato is a second-generation-born American of Japanese descent, which was why his family had to relocate during WWII. Despite this, he joined…
Strategy of Fear: Doctors Tricked Nazis with Fake Epidemic and Saved 8000 Lives
Providence shone on Dr Eugene Lazowski one night in 1942 when he saw a means of escape and took it. He had been a prisoner…
8 Audacious Tricks the American Ghost Army Used to Deceive the Nazis in WW2
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,…
The Story of Partisan German
By Max Novikov for War History Online Alexander Victorovich German was born in Petrograd (currently Saint-Petersburg) on 24th of May, 1915. After school, he chose…