The Battle of Ortona – When 2,600 Canadian Men Were Sacrificed for a General’s Pride
In December 1943, a group of largely untested Canadians went up against German forces in the Italian town of Ortona. The result was a bloodbath…
General Lucian Truscott, Possibly The Best American General Of WWII
There is no doubt that many officers during the two World Wars rose through the ranks on the basis of their experience and previous service.…
WWII Hero Reunites With A Little Dutch Girl Who He Saved From Being Run Over By A Tank
What a pleasant occasion it must have been for Alan King, at 92 years of age, to once again meet up with the person whose…
Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld – The German Who Saved “The Pianist” And Is Honored by Israel
Sometimes, things aren’t always so black and white. Take the Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp in Poland. Who would ever have thought that he’d…
This Fighter Pilot Saved a Bomber Squadron From German Fighter Attacks For over Half an Hour. Alone
During WWII, he single-handedly protected a bomber squadron against German planes… even when he ran out of ammo. They called him the “One Man Airforce”…
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…
Top 10 Greatest Military Blunders of World War II (Watch)
Why did the Allies win the Second World War? Did they have the best soldiers, or the best generals, or the most powerful weapons? Did…
WWII in Color-Blitzkrieg Over Holland, Belgium and France (Watch)
It has been 76 years since Belgium, The Netherlands, and France were invaded by the German armies. A color video tells the story of the…
Leningrad, The City That Refused to Starve During The 900-Day Siege
Although many of us, after a hard day’s work complain of being ‘absolutely starved,’ how many of us have ever experienced starvation – real starvation?…
Watch The Amazement As These Veterans Open Up A Modern Day Army First Aid Kit
Military veterans from Desert Storm, Vietnam, Korea and World War II were given the opportunity to look at a first aid kit the military is…
The Russian AK-47 Versus The American M16 – Testing Two Of The Most Iconic Post-WW2 Rifles
The AK-47 and the M16 were two important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as the Kalashnikov after…
20 World War Two Jeep Facts Every Jeep Owner Should Know
World War II saw the creation of one of America’s most beloved vehicles, the Jeep. Now primarily produced for consumer use, the Jeep was once…