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Ten Strange Mysteries Of World War One

Looking back at the First World War there are many events and that sparked controversy to this day and mysteries to be cleared up. We…

Mel Brooks, One of the Funniest Men Alive, spent WWII clearing Land Mines

Jeff Edwards

War has produced many heroes who displayed inexplicable gallantry and heroism under the most harrowing of circumstances. There were also some extremely funny people who…

American dream – Conscripted by Germany during WWII, soldier later builds life in America

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 Families…

Sammy L. Davis: The Real Forrest Gump, when it came time to award Forrest the Medal of Honor, they took the footage straight from the ceremony that honored Sammy L. Davis

Jeff Edwards

While it might be disappointing to find out that there was no single individual who became a football star at Alabama, received the Medal of…

The Battle of Tarawa: 76 Hours of Hell – 5,700 Dead for Twelve Square Miles

The Battle of Tarawa was one of the more terrible American experiences in the Pacific theater of World War Two. It was one that would…

A Kiwi Victory: Minesweepers Moa & Kiwi sink a Japanese Sub By Repeatedly Ramming It

During WWII the Japanese Navy changed its communication codes on a regular basis, this was a mammoth task as new codebooks had to be transferred…

From The Tank Museum: Soviet Tanks At Kursk

The Soviet defenders in the Kursk salient had over 1.3 million men, 3500 tanks and 28,000 pieces of artillery and anti-tank guns plus more in…

Korean War: General Dean, Destroyed an Enemy Tank & Escaped Capture For 36 Days – Then His Ordeal As POW Started

Jeff Edwards

Early on after the start of the Korean War, it became clear that superior North Korean numbers and ill-prepared South Korea defenders would mean a…

How Hitler And Hirohito Lead Their People Off A Cliff During A Depression

Daniel Russ

For eight years of the 20th century, the Japanese were on a Crusade. Their progress was driven by an eidolon of the Japanese as a…

3 Urban Legends of War That Are Actually True… And One That Is Not

Legends, stories, and anecdotes are woven through the quilt of veteran and civilian experiences of war. We gain new words from war slang, and the…

Bomber Dog: Antis the dog that went on bombing missions to Germany and earned a medal

Jeff Edwards

In the immense tragedy of war, some people need something to hold on to during its darkest moments. For a Czech Pilot at the start…

3 Key Artillery Techniques of the First World War

One of the great revelations of the First World War was the vast destructive power of artillery. Never before had so many guns of such…