5 Flaws That Ruined Stonewall Jackson’s Brilliance
General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest tactical commanders in American military history. Though it was his solid determination…
Marine Sergeant With Near Suicidal Courage, Was Awarded TWO Medals of Honor And Nominated For a Third!
On 10 June 1918, during the Battle of Belleau Wood, 44-year-old Marine Corps First Sergeant Dan Daly, armed with a pistol and hand grenades, single-handedly…
Matt Urban: The Greatest Soldier in American History!! But you’ve never heard of him, right?
If a man earns seven Purple Hearts and lives to talk about it, he could either be described as one of the luckiest men alive…
Historic Aircraft Wreck Found. Maybe The Wildcat Of US Ace James E Swett By Roderick Eime
On my last trip to the Solomon Islands in October, I was fortunate to make my first dive on some of the historic aircraft wrecks…
Albert Speer, The Ambitious Young Architect Who Rose To Prominence Within The Nazi Party
In 1931, a young, ambitious architect named Albert Speer attended a Nazi rally in Berlin. Perhaps he was truly captivated by the message of the…
Crazy Tanker Drifts Around A Corner Too Fast, The Result Is Predictable!
A couple of days ago we had a video on War History Online about an M1 Abrams tanks gently sliding around a corner on an…
Padre Foote Stayed Behind After The Dieppe Fiasco & Was The Only Canadian Chaplain To Be Awarded The Victoria Cross
It is hard to imagine a soldier retreating from a position of certain safety for the explicit purpose of getting captured, but that is exactly…
Helicopter Pilot Who Stopped My Lai Massacre Was Called A Traitor In America & Almost Court-Martialed
On 16 March 1968, Hugh Thompson, Jr., Glenn Andreotta, and Lawrence Colburne did their best to protect Vietnamese civilians from being slaughtered. In return for their…
How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and Memorized the Names Of 256 POWs Of His Camp
Learn how very convincing Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl was at acting his “stupidly stupid” character while at the hands of his Vietnamese captors leading…
The Man Who Saved the Mona Lisa & Other Famous Paintings From The Nazis
The Louvre Art Museum hosts many visitors, who come to especially see the famous painting, Mona Lisa. During the war, the Nazi stole art from…
Two British boys accused of theft at Auschwitz Museum face trial
Two British boys have recently been caught stealing artifacts from Auschwitz and are to be put on trial. The two boys go to school at…
Finding a hero – Veteran receives Medal of Honor 24 years after valorous actions
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…