This Family Hopes to Recover a Painting Allegedly Stolen During World War Two
The heirs of a Jewish art collector, Emanuel Lewenstein, filed a claim in New York against a German bank regarding a painting by Russian artist…
Iowa Class Battlecruisers – We Ask If America’s Most Powerful Dreadnoughts May Actually Have Been Battlecruisers
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Chris Knupp The four vessels of the Iowa class were the last battleships put to sea by…
WWII Veteran Worked to Keep the Memory of the Fallen Alive
Bill Thomas survived the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. He spent the rest of his life keeping alive the memory of those who died that…
The Terror of World War Two in the USA after Pearl Harbor
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the US was gripped by a wave of panic. Newspapers printed maps of the US with…
Illegal Salvage of War Ship Wrecks on the Increase in Asian Seas
Three sunken Japanese cargo transporters that historians believed were the Kokusei Maru, Higane Maru and Hiyori Maru, have been destroyed in what appears to be…
US Soldier Missing Since the Korean War to Receive Military Burial
The US Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) made an announcement on Tuesday that they had recovered the remains of Army Corporal Gerald I. Shepler, missing…
Australia and Indonesia Join Forces to Save the HMAS Perth
Australia and Indonesia are joining forces to protect the wreckage of the HMAS Perth off the coast of Java. Next month, they will jointly dive…
Famous German Actress Marika Rökk May Have Been Soviet Spy, According to declassified documents
Marika Rökk was one of the most popular movie stars in Germany during World War II and after. She rose to fame when the Nazi…
Gurkha Lachhiman Gurung, Who Single-Handedly Fought Off At Least 30 Japanese Soldiers
Former Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw of the Indian Army once said: “If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying…
When A British Destroyer Rammed a German Cruiser In World War Two
April 8, 1940, two ships found each other off the coast of Norway. One a German heavy cruiser the Admiral Hipper, the other, a British…
Six Times Hitler Refused to Face the Reality of his Military Situation
As Fuhrer of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler was Nazi Germany’s supreme military and political commander. Unfortunately, he could also be obstinate to the point…
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
In the 1270s and 1280s, the menacing forces of the Mongols attacked Japan. Through courage, determination, and good luck, the Japanese drove them off. It…