Häagen-Dazs Made to Sound Danish Due to the Creator’s Respect of Denmark’s Treatment of Jews During WW2
Who has not heard of Häagen-Dazs or does not recognize the signature packaging with the burgundy or plum red coloring? The branding screams quality and…
Fort Drum. Captured by the Japanese the US Retook it by Pouring Gasoline Inside & Setting it Alight, No Survivors
The United States once leveled an island in the Philippines to build a “concrete battleship” called Fort Drum. Captured by the Japanese during WWII, the…
Vera Ippolitova – The Only Female in the Red Army to Receive FIVE “For Valor” Medals
As Saint-Petersburg is celebrating the 75th anniversary of end of the Siege of Leningrad, War History Online is publishing an article on a female hero…
Parts of a USS Louisville Found in One of the Most Unexpected Places – Nevada Desert
Starting out as a light cruiser and ending as a heavy cruiser, the USS Louisville (CL/CA-28) was very effective during its service in the Pacific…
The Amazing SS Ohio That Saved The Mediterranean The Captain Was Awarded The George Cross
The Mediterranean theater during World War II witnessed many dramatic operations—none more so than Operation Pedestal in August 1942. It came about because the island…
WW2 Created a Shortage of Men: So Women Started to Fill That Role
Cheerleading as we know it is a colorful sport of its own, and is one very spectacular detail that separates American football from other kinds…
A Remarkable Veteran Has Passed Away: Jackson Survived Three Wars
The Vietnam war is a chapter in American military history that still raises debate among academics and historians. They not only argue whether it was…
How the Allies Guessed the Number of German Tanks Using Serial Numbers
The “German tank problem” is a statistical approach which is employed in estimating the total number of existing items from a simple random sample of…
Not Widely Know – The Internment Camps of Germans in America During WW2
Internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War is widely known and well documented. However, less is known about the thousands of “ethnic Germans”…
The Rise of the Third Reich Details the Life of German Citizens
Historians, psychologists, and laymen alike have all pondered the question of just how the people of Berlin, ostensibly a well-meaning, well-educated crowd could fall under…
During WWI Fake Trees Were Built To Serve As Observation Posts
WWI: a war unlike any other World War One was a war of the modern age. Not only did it introduce completely new perspectives on…
The Cost of GI Life Insurance
Having learned its lesson from the thousands of disgruntled veterans left out to dry after the Great War, the United States government worked to ensure…