Crossroads of War – A Reevaluation Of The Allied Victory At The Second Battle Of El Alamein
War History Online presents this Guest Article from Durval Lourenço Pereira This article offers a reevaluation of the Allied victory at the Second Battle of El…
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life – Review by David D. Kindy
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life”- By James Lee McDonough Reviewed By Guest Blogger David D. Kindy Marching through history with…
The Forgotten War In S.W. Pacific: Air Raids From Australia Against The Dutch East Indies
War History Online Presents this Guest Blog from Author and Blogger Hans Wiesman. Check out his Blog and his Book. In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you…
Where Heroes Rest – Local Cemetery Serves As Burial Site For Soldiers Of Black Infantry Regiments
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…
Fighting Joe Hooker – One of the Weirdest Generals of the American Civil War
Fighting Joe Hooker is one of the stranger figures of the American Civil War. As a general, he was aggressive in both his outlook and…
Taking the War to the Skies – Some of the Best Fighter Planes of the War
Boulton Paul Defiant A two-seater British plane, all of the Defiant’s firepower lay with the rear gunner. It performed well in the Battle of France…
“Wentworth Military Academy” – Historical Missouri Military Academy Has Trained Young Cadets Since 1880
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…
Chouigui Pass: The First US v German Tank Clash of WWII
On November 26, 1942, a significant encounter took place in an obscure patch of Tunisian countryside. American forces had recently arrived in North Africa, joining…
How the US Navy Trained its Pilots in WWII – the Bar for Entry was High
With a thud and a screech, a damaged fighter plane hits the deck of an aircraft carrier. The ocean heaves in a high wind, making the…
Napoleon – The Great Conqueror Should Have Lost in Italy
From 1792 to 1797, France fought a multi-fronted war against the First Coalition, the first of many attempts to bring the revolutionary nation to heel.…
Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 1)
Guest Blog For War History Online By Adeyinka Makinde The rescue seventy years ago of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity in a hotel lodge…
The Rise Of The Night-Fighters – Devastating Aircraft in Two World Wars
Fighting between planes began in daylight which allowed pilots and gunners to see what was going on so they could target their prey and see…