World War One poster collection goes to auction
A large poster collection of World War One government propaganda is to be sold by auction. The collection was started by a US Army officer…
Battle of Waterloo – that changed Europe’s destiny – Statistics!
Two hundred years ago, Napoleon, aged 46, escaped from Elba and reached France where he mustered his old army of 123000 men. He dethroned the…
Battle of Waterloo soldier causes controversy
Before World Wars One and Two when Germany pitted itself against the Allies, Germany had in fact been an ally of the British during the…
Cold war hospital bunker open for tours
Cold War relics dot European, Russian and American landscapes, but none more so than a German surviving hospital bunker that had been created to use…
Liverpool teenager turned 16 and survived Nazi U-Boat attack on same day
[Via] A Liverpool local teenager is the only known person to have had a 16th birthday aboard a supply ship that was bombed by a…
Chinese war veteran finds bullet in stomach after 70 years
[Via] A Chinese war veteran has discovered that still has a bullet lodged in his stomach after 60 years. Duan Zhicai, who is now 94,…
Nephew finds Halifax bomber grave of lost airman, ends WW2 family mystery
[Via] A London-based family has finally discovered the truth about the husband and father who was killed during a bombing raid over Germany during World…
Battle of Waterloo commemorative coin criticised by France
The Battle of Waterloo took place 200 years ago and with an array of commemoration events and activities this year Belgium has decided to launch…
Europe and the American Civil War
[Via] When America underwent the crisis of secession in the 1860s, the democratic way of life and anti-slavery movement came under intense threat. Old World…
Last German Dornier 17 recovered from sea bed
[Via] The last remaining German Luftwaffe Dornier 17 bomber aircraft is being restored after 70 years of being hidden away. The bomber had crash landed in…
Zeppelin’s first raid on London
The Blitz and Battle of Britain are infamous in British history as the first time Britain had been heavily bombed from the air. But what…
World War Two historian and writer, Hugh Ambrose dies
[Via] World War Two historian and writer, Hugh Ambrose has died at the age of just 48. Hugh Ambrose wrote ‘The Pacific’ a worldwide best…