Belgian Group Searches For The Family Of A WWII Gunner
A Belgian citizen is asking for assistance to locate the relatives of a Carmarthen man killed at Mol, Belgium. He died when the Lancaster in…
The Amazing WWII War Photographer Whose Story Is Told In New HBO Documentary
Robert Capa, the famous war photographer, once said about taking war pictures that they aren’t good enough if you aren’t close enough. Tony Vaccaro got…
Veteran Of The Famed WW2 Espionage Operation Jedburgh Dies, Aged 94
World War Two veteran William Pietsch, a member of the famed Jedburgh operation which conducted guerrilla and espionage operations against the Germans in Nazi-occupied France,…
Powerful New Documentary Examines The Battle of Chosin Reservoir In The Korean War
The new PBS documentary The Battle of Chosin Reservoir is a powerful examination of an event that almost destroyed the 1st Marine Division and caused…
Charities Get Together To Treat WWII Veterans To A Trip To The National WWII Museum In New Orleans
Five organizations are banding together to help WWII veterans visit the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The Gary Sinise Foundation, the National World…
Museum Opens Controversial Full-Scale Replica of Hitler’s Bunker In Berlin
A private museum in Berlin has opened a full-scale replica of Adolf Hitler’s bunker, where he spent the final days of World War II. The…
A Painful Process – How Spain Is Coming To Terms With Its Civil War
Barcelona’s Fossar de la Pedrera – Mass Grave of the Quarry – is fairly inaccessible from the city. It is hidden within walls of sandy…
Statue For Sgt. Reckless, The Heroic Horse Who Saved Lives And Supplied The Troops In The Korean War
A horse that did not seem to dislike beer, scrambled eggs, and candy bars was honored recently at Camp Pendleton with a bronze statue by…
Kate Middleton’s Grandmother Was A WWII Codebreaker
Kate Middleton became Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, when she married the British Royal Family’s Prince William in 2011. Her husband is second in line for the…
Mel Gibson’s New Epic Movie ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Tells The Story Of A Conscientous Objector Who Saved Lives On The Front Line
Hacksaw Ridge is a movie based on the true story of Desmond Doss, who served during World War II as a combat medic. The movie was…
Mystery Still Surrounds The Fate Of The Heroic Swedish Diplomat Who Saved Thousands of Lives in WW2
Of all the mysteries arising from the Second World War perhaps none is more perplexing than the fate of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who thwarted…
Honoring the Hair-Raising Heroics Of Second World War Intelligence Agents
Forget about the derring-do of spy James Bond. The successful mission by John Billings in dropping by parachute three Office of Strategic Services (OSS) spies…