Pacific Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s “Gray Book” Journal Digitized
During the battles in the Pacific during World War II, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz kept a daily journal now referred to as the “Gray Book.”…
‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere, of Band of Brothers, Has Died at 90
‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere, most famous as one of the GIs portrayed in the mini-series ‘Band of Brothers’, has died at the age of 90. After…
Capturing The Butcher of Auschwitz
Auschwitz Kommandant Rudolf Höss, known as the Butcher of Auschwitz, is more or less synonymous with the word “Holocaust,” having played a hand in the…
How Archduke Ferdinand’s Assassination Almost Never Came to Be
The First World War carries undeniable weight in the way the world works today. Power distributions across the globe and the sheer existence of the…
French Rail Company Pays Reparationsto Holocaust Survivors for Transporting 76,000 Jews to Concentration Camps
The Société Nationale des Chemins de FerFrançais (SNCF) is seeking a 6.5 billion dollar contract with the state of Maryland, but it has a problem…
First World War: Germany’s Forgotten War
Germany strikes back after blames that the German government tried to convince the British government not to put too much effort into organizing events to…
The Animatronic Emancipator: Animatronic Abraham Lincoln to Be Auctioned
Among the curiosities at an upcoming American Civil War Wax Museum auction, is an animatronic Abraham Lincoln which has been presiding over the museum located…
Writer Brings Eve of D-Day Invasion to Life
A Massachusetts writer has begun an interesting series of articles on the D-Day invasion based on the experiences of a fictional journalist in the camps…
The Misremembering of Vietnam
With a national program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Vietnam kicked off by Congress, one writer takes issue with five main themes other the…
How the Dominance of the Dollar Was Proclaimed Post World War I
The dollar’s near century-long reign atop the globe was set in stone in the smoldering ruins of war torn Europe. The devastating war would cost…
Legendary Directors Record Fake Combat Footage During Second World War
Many of the iconic sights and sounds of World War II never occurred, according to research by film historian Mark Harris. His just released book…
Was Scotland One Of WWI’s Winners?
Before the start of the First World War, Scottish people lived in harmony with each other, they loved and danced and made a living in…