Educators under scrutiny for interpretation of US Civil War
American Civil War [Via] Educating American youngsters about the US Civil War is coming under scrutiny as tensions in the south continue to unravel. In…
Japanese company, Mitsubishi to make World War Two apology
[Via] 70 years after the end of World War Two, a Japanese company is going to apologise to US veterans for their treatment during the…
239 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed
[Via] The US Declaration of Independence was the document that saw the United States break away from rule of the British Government and monarchy. This…
Prisoner Of War letter from WWII discovered in second-hand book
A teenager in Southern England has discovered a World War Two letter sent by a prisoner of war held in occupied Poland. Nicole Williamson had…
World War One HMS M.33 to be opened to the public
A British Royal Navy ship used during the World War One Gallipoli campaign is to be opened to the public. HMS M.33 was the only…
These 5 Songs Were About The Vietnam War, Did You Know That?
Over the years war stories have been told through movies, theater, books and even songs. The 1960s brought with it musicians who wanted to voice…
Nazi treasure trove discovered in Luneberg
A Nazi treasure trove of buried gold coins thought to be from the Nazi’s Reichsbank has been discovered in Northern Germany. A metal detector enthusiast and…
Oskar Groening’s legal team file appeal
Earlier this month a 94 year old ex-Nazi officer who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two was charged with accessory to…
US Navy airmen honoured at Mount Beacon crash site
The 70th anniversary of a World War Two plane crash that killed six US Navy airmen on Mount Beacon near the Hudson River, north of…
Military cemetery worker charged with theft of veterans’ headstones
A military cemetery worker from Rhode Island in New York is being investigated for stealing over 150 war veterans’ headstones. The headstones have been found…
Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism opens in Munich
The new documentation center, on the left is the “Fuhrerbau” where the Munich agreement was signed in 1938, via Google streetview A new Documentation Center…
New biography details life of Goebbels
[Via] A new biography of Dr Joseph Goebbels has been written and published by historian Peter Longerich. Goebbels was Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief and number two,…