General Truscott, Who Apologized To The Dead Soldiers on Memorial Day 1945
When asked to give a Memorial Day speech in 1945, General Lucian Truscott who had just spent the past 3 years retaking Europe from Nazi…
Why Did America Enter World War I – By Christopher Kelly
War History Online Presents a Guest Blog from Author Christopher Kelly One hundred years ago, Woodrow Wilson ended America’s longstanding policy of isolation and led us into…
Lifting The Lid On Fray Bentos – The Tank Which Held Out For 60 Hours In No-Man’s Land
One of the most astonishing acts of survival during World War One is being told at The Tank Museum in Dorset to mark the centenary…
This is Huge – Wreckage From The USS Indianapolis Has Been Located
Expedition Led by Microsoft Co-founder and Philanthropist Paul G. Allen Used Advanced Technologies and Newly Discovered Data Wreckage from the USS Indianapolis was discovered on…
‘I’m still a sailor’ – Lohman, Mo., Veteran Discusses Lengthy Career in Cold War-Era Navy
By Jeremy P. Ämick, who writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families of America. For 22 years, Gary Elliott wore the uniform of a…
A Soviet Spy Who saved The “Big Three” at the Tehran Conference was 19 years old at the time
During the spy games of WWII, the result of the war was hanging by a thread. Gevorg Vartanian, a young Armenian who joined the Soviet…
The Man Who Found The Ancient Greek City of Troy
It’s difficult to mention either the early days of archaeology, Troy or even the history of ancient Greece without mentioning Heinrich Schliemann. The German archaeologist,…
Shooting Down 7 Aircraft In One Day, This Marine Was Awarded The Medal Of Honor On His First Mission
Lieutenant James Swett wasn’t the only man to become an Ace in one day during the war and nor was he the only Ace to…
Rivalry in the USA – The Toledo War of 1835 – When Ohio Fought Michigan
The Toledo War of 1835 took place between the US state of Ohio and a foreign country – Michigan. Though hundreds joined the conflict, only…
In WW2, General Eisenhower Lost a Bet and Had to Give General Montgomery His Own B-17
When you think of Dwight D. Eisenhower, there’s much that comes to mind: a military leader, President of the United States, Supreme Allied Commander, Chief…
Why the Allies did not see Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive coming
On December 16, 1944, Allied troops were caught by surprise. A massive offensive by German forces struck west out of the Ardennes region, smashing into…
When Allies Fight: Operation Torch and the Taking of North Africa
North Africa was one of the great battlegrounds of the Second World War. From early on, British and Commonwealth forces faced German and Italian troops…