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Amazing Bravery – Lt Conner Finally Awarded Medal of Honor

On June 25th, President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to an almost forgotten American hero. This was Garlin Murl Conner, whose heroism had unfortunately…

Amazing – Dutch Caretaker at Margraten Cemetery is reaching out to lost family of slain WW2 Soldier

Richard Smeets wants to know more about Savas J. Batsos who was killed during World War II in the Netherlands and whose grave he tends.…

Destination Pacific – Review by Mark Barnes

Many years ago my ex-wife’s family tried their best to get her father to write his life story down but he refused. He was a…

Bet You Didn’t Know…[Little Known Curious Facts about WWII]

Bet you didn’t know… Here’s a list of little known curious facts about the Second World War. Why not read and find out how much…

Can a tin shed actually be a very important WWII museum? Actually it can…

Jack Beckett

TIN SHED EXPERIENCE We often think only huge, over priced and ‘lifeless’ museums are all we have as a choice for learning about our history.…

ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge – Part 3

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Moerbrugge: “A Crossing of Opportunity”: As we have seen, the German resistance in Moerbrugge was thought by 4th Canadian Armoured Divisional HQ to have been…

ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge (September 8th -11th, 1944)

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The Belgian town of Moerbrugge was liberated by the Canadian 1st Army on September 10th 1944, after a vicious two-day long battle. The action was…

ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge – September 10th and 11th: The Canadian Triumph and the Anti-Climax:

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September 10th and 11th: The Canadian Triumph and the Anti-Climax:  The Bailey bridge was completed by the 8th Field Squadron, RCE, by 0600hrs on the…

Review: NOT ORDINARY MEN The Story of the Battle of Kohima by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Feelings remain raw. If you are a regular subscriber to WHO you will have dipped into the occasional Second World War themed article on the…

24HR TRENCH: Mark Barnes spends the day with the author – Andy Robertshaw

I’m not quite sure how best to describe Andy Robertshaw. He might prefer historian, writer, educator, documentary maker, museum director or archaeologist; I am really…

IMAGES OF WAR THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Mark Barnes

Reading this book illustrates just how little I know about the Russian Revolution, let alone the Civil War, so I won’t begin to con you…

EXCLUSIVE: Wheatcroft Collections Tripple goes for a swim

As our subscribers will know War History Online have teamed up with the Wheatcroft Collection to enable us to bring you all the lastest news,…