2016 Battle of the Atlantic Project – Protecting Wrecks From the Civil War to WW2
The 2016 Battle of the Atlantic Project is a project run by the NOAA and its partners. The aim of the project is to locate,…
Russia Rebuilds Aging Naval Fleet
Russia began combat operations in Syria in October of 2015. This has become one of the priorities of their navy. The investment in constructing ships,…
Legenda Searches Latvia for WWII Remains
The volunteer group, Legenda, sifts through the WWII battlefields of Latvia looking for the remains of soldiers. They then exhume them and send them home…
WWII SAS Members Identified for Roll of Honor
For thirteen years a former soldier using the pen name Ex-Lance-Corporal X has worked to document and commemorate every SAS member killed in World War…
WWII WASP Finally Receives Burial in Arlington National Cemetery
Elaine Harmon, a World War II pilot in the US Army, was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday September 7th with full…
The Mystery of Hitler’s Secret Ukranian ‘Werewolf Bunker’
Hitler’s ambitious campaign of dominating the European continent gave us the horrors of the death camps and a deadly World War; it also left us…
Russia Develops New Tank Armor to Protect Against Grenades
Russia is constructing new armored vehicles on their Armata Universal Combat Platform. The wheels and tracks of these vehicles will be covered with a new…
Visitors Enjoy the Visit of a WWII B-25 Bomber to Twin Falls, Idaho
A World War II B-25 Mitchell Bomber was in Twin Falls, Idaho last month. It was there to honor the “Greatest Generation.” Larry Kline is…
After WW2, the Bavarian Authorities May Have Sold Looted Jewish Art on at a Profit
The Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper has printed an expose inferring that millions of dollars worth of looted Nazi art, that was entrusted to the Bavarian authorities…
Passionate Love Letter From WWII Serviceman to his Sweetheart Comes Home on Valentine’s Day
Sitting in a damp, cold foxhole or the cockpit of a plane, or the seat of a Jeep, or perhaps marching across the unrelenting desert,…
Saved From Death By A French Surgeon – The Russian General Who Defeated Napoleon in 1812
At a time when soldiers were dying because of minor infections on the battlefields, a Russian general survived two shots to the head and went…
Jane Fawcett, The Young British Code Breaker Who Helped Sink the Bismarck
Jane Fawcett was a young London society woman when she began working at Bletchley Park, the headquarters of Britain’s code-breaking efforts in World War II.…