‘Dyffryn Aled’ – the Colditz of Wales where 3 German Officers Escaped and Nearly got on a waiting U-Boat
A rich aristocratic lady lived a very content life in her 25-bedroom late-Georgian country estate called Dyffryn Aled, in the Welsh countryside. During the First…
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel – The Desert Fox who earned the respect of the British
[Via] Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was perhaps the only German leader during the Second World War who was regarded with honour by the British. Rommel…
Nazi’s Lebensborn Project – Breeding the next generation Super Race of Aryans
During World War Two around 12,000 blue-eyed, blond children were kidnapped by the Nazi’s elite security service, the SS. The children were kidnapped as part…
A re-enactment of a Confederate surrender brings back memories of the American Civil War
It was the 9th of April 1865, 150 years ago, when the Confederate commander, Robert E. Lee, surrendered to the Union, after fighting 4 years…
Creator of ‘The Hobbit’ film has designed 21st century standard ‘World War I Exhibition’ in New Zealand
[Via] After the huge success of his Hollywood blockbuster, ‘The Hobbit’, the filmmaker Peter Jackson has surprised fans and historians around the globe with his…
Lady Pilot of WWII – Mary Ellis still loves to fly the ‘Spitfire’
Mostly, war is considered to be a field for men, but there is no shortage of tales of bravery and gallantry shown by women during…
Some myths about the start of the Revolutionary War of America
The towns of Concord and Lexington saw the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Although the outcome of the war is well known among historians…
B-17E bomber resurrected as memorial to World War Two soldiers
A B-17E bomber, which is an early model of the World War Two famous Flying Fortress, is the only remaining aircraft of its kind the…
A Hollywood portrayal of ‘Operation Olympian’ – a daring escape from a German camp
One of the most daring prison escapes of the Second World War is now going to be turned into a Hollywood movie. The stars of…
Timeline of American Civil War – some important dates and events
It has been 150 years since the end of America’s deadliest conflict, the American Civil War, in which an estimated 750,000 Americans died fighting each…
World War Two mass grave discovered and excavated in Poland
A mass grave has been discovered in south east Poland. The grave is thought to date from World War Two and contains the remains of…
‘Vietnam War’ – what Vietnamese people think of the conflict
There are always two sides to a story, and if the story is about a war, surely it has various dimensions. For a historian, it…