U.S. Professor Could Be Jailed On Claims Poles Killed More Jews than Germans during WWII
A Polish-born Princeton professor is fighting a charge of national insult for claiming that during World War II, the Polish people killed more Jews than…
The Belfast Blitz That Destroyed 55,000 Homes
New research carried out has shown the extent of the ill-preparedness of Belfast during the Second World War. The city was left vulnerable to an…
Alcon developing movie “Perfume River”, Set in Vietnam during Tet Offensive
Alcon Entertainment is developing a drama based on events around the 1968 Tet Offensive. The Vietnam War spy drama is titled Perfume River. Alcon optioned…
The “Glorious Glosters” Greatest Battle – When 650 Glosters were up against 10,000 Chinese
Unique in all the British Army, the “Glorious Glosters” wear badges on the front and the rear of their berets. This right was earned in…
Waking Up To Find A German U-Boat on the Beach
On April 16, 1919, the residents at Queens Hotel, a beach-front hotel in Hastings, on the Sussex coast in England, awoke to the most amazing…
Trying To Topple Saddam – Remembering The Kurdish and Shia Uprisings in Iraq (1991)
Wars should never be seen as anything other than terrible. They have taken place since time immemorial and always for gain of some sort –…
Australians bringing Vietnam War Dead Home for re-burial
Thirty-six Australian soldiers who were killed in the Vietnam War and buried in Malaysia and Singapore will be brought home in June with a full…
US war dead remain missing in North Korea because of Political Stalemate
“Until They Are Home” is one of the most sacred vows of the U.S. military. Between 1996 and 2005, joint U.S.-North Korea search teams recovered…
Ethiopian Korean War Veteran Searches for Orphan He Saved
During the Korean War, Ethiopian soldiers fought alongside the United States in a unit called the United States Forces Korea (USFK). The soldiers fought in…
How a Brilliant Wartime Mathematician and Code Breaker was Driven to Suicide
How very sad it is when the prejudices of a society result in the promulgation of harsh laws within a system of justice which results…
U.K.’s Largest Ever Hoard of Illegal Weapons Leads to Jail Time for Dealer
In 2014, police found 463 illegal firearms in the home of James Arnold, a crane operator and parish councilman who lived in the village of…