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Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2

In 1918 two teenage brothers posed for a photograph. The older brother has his arm protectively around the younger one. They are Heinze and Reinhard…

In WW2, The Germans Tried to Copy the de Havilland Mosquito – And Failed

The de Havilland Mosquito was one of Britains most iconic aircraft. The high-velocity airplane made entirely from plywood was landing severe blows on the Reich…

How Tanks Decided The First And Second World Wars

The concept of a military tank was not particularly new in 1916. However, the ability to move troops safely through combat territories with a vehicle…

Fantastic Collection Of Artifacts On Display At Philadelphia’s New Revolutionary War Museum

With a little imagination, visitors to the Revolutionary War museum opening April 19 in Philadelphia will travel back in time to the 1770s. The museum…

March of Life – Organizing Meetings Between Holocaust Survivors And The Descendants Of German Soldiers

The German organization March of Life inspires young Germans to examine their families’ past, break decades-old silence and expose acts perpetrated by their grandparents during…

The Gustav Line – Part 3: The Breach

War History Online presents the third part of this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi  Corp Expéditionnaire Français Anzio – The landing at Anzio took…

Gripping Account Of The Mission From One Of The Original WW2 Dambusters

A movie was made about the Dambusters and their mission to destroy a number of dams in Germany during the Second World War, but it…

The Gustav Line – Part 2: Monte Cassino Abbey

War History Online presents the second part of this Guest Article from Pietro Giovanni Liuzzi  The Salvage of Montecassino Treasury The Abbey of Montecassino is…

Funeral Held For WWII Veteran Whose Life Was Spared By Rommel

Roy Wooldridge died at the age of 97.  He was a decorated veteran of World War II whose life was once spared when Erwin Rommel,…

The English County Remembering Canadian Casualties Of World War Two

Six Canadians killed on January 2, 1944, when the Wellington bomber they were flying collided with a hillside in England’s West Yorkshire County have been…

New Location For Military Cenotaph Up In The Air

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 3 in Toronto, Canada, is facing a dilemma: where to move a 7.5 meter, solid granite cenotaph. The branch is closing,…

Historic Structure In Ontario Is Under Threat

A motorist driving by what once was known as the Eatonville Roadhouse in southwestern Ontario, Canada, would never guess it’s possibly the last piece of…