The United States Navy’s First Submarine – Lost at Sea
The USS Alligator was the first known submarine of the United States Navy. But it wasn’t the first American submarine. That was the “Turtle,” a…
The Luftwaffe’s Trial Run – 1937 Bombing of Guernica
The Bombing of Guernica was one of the first aerial raids on defenseless civilians ever to happen. It occurred on April 26th, 1937, in the thick…
Roland Freisler – Hitler’s Screaming Nazi Judge
Nazi Germany perverted every democratic institution that was supposed to uphold the rule of law and ensure the people of Europe’s most powerful nation were…
The 1936 Berlin Olympics – A Defining Moment In History
2016 marked the 80th anniversary of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. Often referred to as the “Nazi Games,” the games were an…
Key Battles of the Creek Indian War in Early 19th-Century America
Battles do not have to be vast to be significant. The Creek Indian War, which took place from 1813 to 1814, was a hard fought…
How 50 German Sailors sailed, marched and rowed home from a tiny island halfway around the world
The Keeling Islands are little more than overgrown coral reefs, but in 1914 they saw the beginning of one the most epic adventure stories of…
“A Different Breed” – PT Boat Veteran Served in Europe and the Pacific during World War II
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…
Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards
Up until 1942, guards at concentrations camps within Adolf Hitler’s Empire were primarily male. That all changed in 1942 when the first female guards were appointed…
The Korean War – The “Never-Ending War”
The Korean War was fought as a result of the Soviet Union moving into what is now North Korea and the United States moving into…
The Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Destruction
The Man Who Saved the World from Nuclear Destruction Remember, remember the 26th of September, when the unknown man becomes a defender. That could be…
Some of the Scariest Nuclear Bomb Accidents in History
Nuclear bombs, the ultimate weapons of mass destruction. It would stand to reason that a ridiculous amount of safety protocols would exist to prevent an…
Heroes of America: The Red String Band who rebelled against the Confederacy in the Southern States
It is easy to think of wars from earlier centuries in rather simplistic terms, especially as they fade further into the past. The American Civil…