Presumed Dead, Eric Wilson was Posthumously Awarded the Victoria Cross
As a result of the inexplicable gallantry it takes to receive one, it is entirely common for such an award to be given posthumously to…
10 Facts – The Battle of Falaise Pocket In World War Two
The landings in Normandy were a major shock for the Allies even though Operation Overlord, which was the code name for the invasion, was thoroughly…
On Crucifix Hill, Captain Bobbie Brown Destroyed Three Enemy Bunkers And Was Awarded The Medal of Honor
On October 8th, 1944, Bobbie Brown did indeed have a prerogative, and that was to single-handedly destroy three German bunkers on a heavily fortified hill…
For Lt. Col. Merritt, WWII only lasted 6 Hours: But he was Awarded a Victoria Cross
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Merritt, who would one day go on to be a Victoria Cross recipient, spent three years in German captivity. However, by that point…
Liquid Fire – How Napalm Was Used In The Vietnam War
The First World War introduced many new weapons to the world of warfare. The first global mechanized war saw the first use of tanks and…
Seven Very Different Opponents Faced By Victorian British Armies
Maintaining your status as a global power is no easy thing. The British Victorian Army was one of the best equipped and most experienced in…
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…