70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge re-enactment in Belgium
Hundreds of Americans and Belgians gathered this week for a re-enactment and commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge on its 70th anniversary. 70 years…
New memoir tells Battle of the Bulge veterans story
A new memoir reveals a Mississippi veteran’s experience of World War 2’s bloodiest battle for American troops, the Battle of the Bulge. The book, titled…
Top secret World War II documents show D-Day under different codename
A British Army officer who worked in Field Marshall Montgomery’s office has been found to have kept numerous top secret documents from World War II.…
St George’s Chapel at Biggin Hill gets support from Biggin Hill Airport
After the ministry of defence decided to stop funding the St George’s Chapel at Biggin Hill, the airport has stepped in to save the remembrance chapel…
Second World War code breaker dies at age 91
Harriet Jackson never told her family that she was a code breaker and that she actually helped to shorten the world war. She worked at…
The Christmas Truce of 1914 – When Germans entertained the British by Dressed Up in women’s clothes!
When the world was going through the most devastating war in the history of mankind in 1914, it was then that soldiers of the two biggest…
Fifteen years of Foyle’s War
Fifteen years ago, Anthony Horowitz thought about writing a detective series named The Blitz Detective. He wanted to name its main character George Ransom and…
The German camera from World War II found by a Royal Marine
On November 1, 1944, Arthur Thompson, a Royal Marine from Herney Bay in Kent, came across a German camera during the allied operation to liberate…
World War II centenarian veteran’s award ceremony disrupted
A US Second World War navy veteran was faced with a frustrated crowd during his award ceremony. The south east campus of Portland Community College…
Wroclaw University took 80 long years to reconfer the stripped academic degree to the German Jews
After 80 years of severe perseverance, the Jews of Germany will receive their lost educational qualification that was removed by the Nazi Germans. Wroclaw University…
Catholic Mass held in commemoration of World War II-era Croatian leader, Ante Pavelic
Jewish communities, including the Simon Wiesenthal Center, have condemned the holding of a Catholic Church mass at the end of December in Zagreb, Croatia, to…
Battle to save the Battle of Britain Chapel ended in success!
St. George’s chapel at Biggin Hill was likely to close its doors forever to visitors due to insufficient funding. The chapel commemorates the RAF spitfire…