Preparations for centenary of one of First World War’s grimmest battles
July marks the centenary of the bloodiest and muddiest battles of World War One – Passchendaele. There’ll be a number of events to mark the…
Record-breaking 34-foot waves smash Concrete Ships in California
A small part of history was no match last weekend for pounding waves that snapped a section of the renowned S.S. Palo Alto, a First…
Condemned by Evidence: Minutes of the Wannsee Conference
In March 1947, while German foreign ministry officials were defending their actions at the Nuremberg Trials, assistant US chief counsel made an important discovery. Amid…
Second World War Torpedo discovered in Florida – it will be destroyed at sea
A construction crew uncovered a World War II-era torpedo while building a home south of Vero Beach, Florida. The US Navy dispatched a specialized munitions…
Returning a Purple Heart medal is very important to an American Vietnam veteran
Don Crigger is a man on a mission: the Marine veteran who saw action in Vietnam is searching for the owner of a lost Second…
Fantastic – The Generosity of Strangers Allows 110-Year-Old WW2 Veteran to Remain In His Home
Austin, TX – Richard Overton, believed to be the oldest living World War Two veteran, will be able to continue to live in the home…
US Soldiers Who Earned the Medal of Honor Without Ever Touching a Weapon
There have been three conscientious objectors who were awarded the Medal of Honor – the highest military honor in the US – without ever firing…
January 2017 Marks the 50th Anniversary of “Cedar Falls” Vietnam Offensive
The US Army’s First and 25th Infantry Divisions began Operation Cedar Falls in January of 1967. It was an offensive to take out the strongholds…
Honoring the dead of HMS Formidable
A century on, the sailors who died in a shocking attack in Lyme Bay have been remembered. HMS Formidable, a Royal Navy battleship, was sunk…
Signals intelligence and code-breaking: The importance of the Zimmerman Telegram
January 17 of this year marked the 100 – year anniversary of the most successful intelligence operation of the First World War that wasn’t surpassed…
The unsung heroes of the First World War: Missouri mules
The Missouri Historical Society is reminding history buffs, as the 100th anniversary of America’s involvement in the First World War approaches, that the state dispatched…
Canadian Second World War pilot awarded France’s Legion of Honor
Dr. Peter Roper says he doesn’t deserve France’s highest honor, saying it was the French villagers who rescued him who should be recognized. Recently, in…