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    The Bayonet Has Been A Part Of Warfare For Over 400 Years

    • Guns
    • History
    Sep 5, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    The bayonet, capable of turning a gun into a stabbing weapon, has been a feature of warfare since the 17th century. It has gone through…

    Women’s Battalion of Death: First World War All-Female Forces From Russia

    • World War 1
    Sep 5, 2017 Holly Godbey

    As Russia’s soldiers suffered from sinking morale during World War I, the deteriorating and unstable Russian Government threw together a battalion of women fighters in an…

    Historical Re-enactment Event Demonstrates Life at a former World War II Prisoner of War Camp

    • War Articles
    • MEDIA
    Sep 5, 2017 Press Releases

    Historical events depicting the daily life as well as escape attempts of former WWII American POWs held in Oflag 64, a POW camp for American…

    The Submachine Gun – An Infantry Weapon Which Changed The Face Of Warfare

    • Guns
    • World War 2
    Sep 5, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    From the First World War to the Second World War, the submachine gun played an important part in infantry fighting. A small machine gun firing…

    Making An Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice and Sawdust In World War Two

    • Military Vehicles
    Sep 5, 2017 Shahan Russell

    In WWII the British were desperate. Metal was in short supply, and German U-boats were sinking Britain’s lifeline – ships. The Allies needed an unsinkable…

    Warren G. H. Crecy: the Baddest Man in the 761st

    • World War 2
    Sep 5, 2017 Shahan Russell

    Warren Gamaliel Harding Crecy was born on January 4, 1923, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Those who knew him called him “Harding.” His wife, Margaret, and…

    When The Finns And The Snow Resisted The Soviet Invasion In The Winter War

    • World War 2
    Sep 5, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    As the Second World War was breaking out in Western Europe, the Soviet Union embarked on another war – one in which it would easily…

    Medal of Honor – One American’s Daring Escape from German Soldiers In WW2

    • World War 2
    Sep 5, 2017 Jeff Edwards

    Typically, the actions for which a man earns the Medal of Honor are the most exciting and frightening of his military career. For Russell Dunham,…

    FUSAG: The Ghost Army – Patton’s D-Day Force That Was Only A Threat In The Enemy’s Imagination

    • World War 2
    Sep 5, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    An army can help win a war without even existing. Strange as that may seem, this is exactly what happened in the case of the First United…

    Banzai Cliff, The Site of Hundreds of Suicides at the End of the Battle of Saipan

    • World War 2
    Sep 5, 2017 Holly Godbey

    Banzai Cliff, also known as Suicide Cliff, was the site of a massive group suicide which took place during World War II. Located on the north side…

    “Sharing my story” – Local veteran served as parts specialist with infantry battalion in Vietnam War

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    • Vietnam War
    Sep 5, 2017 Jeremy Amick

    War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick – the author of the upcoming Burnt District Press release “Together as One:…

    Operation Drumbeat – U-Boat Happy Days On The USA East Coast

    • World War 2
    Sep 4, 2017 Nikola Budanovic

    The United States of America took a huge blow at Pearl Harbor in 1941, which prompted them join the war alongside the British. Before that…

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