Australian WWII Veterans Reunited After 68 Years
Two Australians were almost killed in an RAAF Dakota crash during the Second World War, when a British destroyer arrived and rescued them from the…
Parliament Gives Belated Recognition To Polish WWII Hero, the man who tried to stop the Holocaust
Although he was considered a war hero in his country, Jan Karski was never recognized as such internationally. Many say that is because the Allied…
Now UK Culture Secretary Miller is called an idiot for ignoring WWI role of Anzacs
The British Allies are said to be left for the last moments of the centenary in a series of rows. Now Culture Secretary Maria Miller…
Vienna: The World War One Centenary
However, the situation isn’t as upsetting as it was a century ago, when racial and ethnic disputes and riots raged. In front of Cafe Prueckl,…
West Flanders Prepares For First World War Centenary
A big rise in the number of tourists is expected in 2014, to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. Maria…
Mysterious markings on Japanese kamikaze flying bomb
The Ohka 2 plane was put on display about 30 years ago, at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil after in was captured in…
Belfast Telegraph Calling On Its Readers Who Helped Buy 17 Spitfires During WWII
A small society is now desperately trying to bring back home the spirit of these planes. The Ulster Aviation Society needs financial support to buy…
The only nuclear & chemical weapons factory that wasn’t discovered by the Germans
Workers at the factory used to manufacture mustard gas and while trying to find ways of developing uranium. By November 1942, they were making 40,000…
Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Baptized By Fire
During his first night as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, Neyman had quite a big shock. He was sleeping on the top bunk when he…
Daughter Of Anne Frank’s Classmate Thanks The British Officer Who Saved Her Mother From Concentration Camp
Mrs Koning was a prisoner at Bergen Belsen concentration camp and Leonard Berney was one of the first British officers to go through the gates…
Australians Expected To Follow The Trail From Belgium To Montebrehain In France To Mark The WWI Centenary
Australia did not enter the First World War in Europe until 1916, however, thousands of Australians are expected this year to commemorate the outbreak of…
George Takei: From A WWII Camp To Stardom
As a child, Takei and his family lived in an internment camp in Arkansas, during the Second World War. After the Pearl Harbor attack on…