World War I Soldiers’ Wills Digitised For The Web, Giving An Intimate Insight Into Soldiers’ Lives
The final concerns, wishes, and thoughts of over 230,000 soldiers killed on the front lines during the First World War are being made public online.…
The House Where Adolf Hitler Was Born Is Finally Going To Be Pulled Down
The Austrian house in which Adolf Hitler was born is finally coming down to end its role as a shrine for neo-Nazis. Interior Minister Wolfgang…
Awarded The VC – Heroic Soldier Who Rescued Fallen Comrade In Battle In Afghanistan
For saving the life of a US Marine, Briton Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey became the first living British soldier to win the Victoria Cross for…
The Massive ‘Bourbon Complex’ Found Under The City Of Naples – It Sheltered WW2 Refugees and 1800s Royalty
An imposing underground labyrinth 150 meters beneath Naples was found in 2005 filled with Second World two relics and vintage automobiles. Not expected after years…
Comedy-Drama Harks Back To An Earlier Time, Telling The Story Of Morale-Boosting WW2 Movies
Women can easily relate to this: not getting the same wage as a man and being belittled indirectly. This is the subject of the movie…
Rachel Weisz Played Historian In ‘Denial’ Movie – Then Discovered A WW2 Connection To Her Character
When the actress Rachel Weisz met the real historian Deborah Lipstadt, she hardly suspected that Deborah knew the person responsible for spiriting her parents out…
Remains Of Two British WWI Soldiers Recovered After 100 Years
Privates William Marmon, 21, and Harry Carter, 20, were killed with six other soldiers when a 15-ton German underground mine exploded on November 22, 1915,…
Death Of D-Day Veteran Just One Week After Being Awarded France’s Highest Honor
Only one week after receiving France’s Legion d’Honneur medal a D-Day veteran has died in Bradford, England after a sudden visit to the hospital. Skipton…
Anonymous Author Pieces Together the Secret Story Of The SAS In WW2 With New Book
The story of Edwin Weaver and other Special Air Service and Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) members killed in action from 1941 to 1947 has…
Decorated WWII Veteran Pilot Gets One Last Flight In His Plane
Frank Royal is a 101-year-old veteran of World War II. He was born in Colorado during World War I. He was in college, studying to…
WW2 Veteran Owes His Life To The Atomic Bomb Which Ended The War
If not for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in 1945, Gordon Highlander Alistair Urquhart wouldn’t have lived to 97. Urquhart died recently from natural…
The New USS Detroit Is Ready For Duty
The US Navy is keeping quiet about the new USS Detroit, commissioned in its namesake city. The ship was open for public tours, but news…