Letters Of 230,000 WWI Soldiers To Be Revealed In New Online Archive
Hand-written wills and letters of 230,000 soldiers who fought for Britain and died in the First World War have been forgotten in Government archives for…
Ex-Stasi Staff Remain Employed At Former Secret Police Archives
According to a commissioner from the agency, there are 37 of 48 ex-Stasi workers who are still employed by the agency, with five who have…
Recently Identified Korean War Vet Was Laid To Rest On Saturday, 63 Years After He Died
The remains of Sergeant Gantt have been returned to his wife Clara last week, after 63 years. Clara Gantt, aged 94, waited for her husband’s…
WWII Letter Of Sgt. Rodgers To His Little Brother
Sgt. Rodgers wrote his letter on Dec. 2, 1943, in Hawaii and it was later published in the Dec. 28, 1943 edition of the Herald.…
Abe’s Visit To Yasukuni Shrine
Yasukuni Shrine honors 14 Second World War Class A criminals. In Japan it is a symbol of aggression and the prime minister’s choice to visit…
As WWI Centennial Plans Begin, So Do The Conflicts
It didn’t end all wars as it was supposed to do and it’s still creating conflicts a hundred years later. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission…
International Rugby Players Lost In WWI
Among the international players who also fought for their country was one who was awarded the Victoria Cross and another, an English captain which was…
Mrs Churchill’s Involvement In The Second World War
Winston Churchill was and will always be one of the most important and recognized figures in Britain’s history. But few people know about the true…
Jim Cronk Flew 480 Combat Missions In Vietnam
When he was a child, he pretended to be a pilot at his home in Syracuse, N.Y. He would even dress as a pilot for…
Airmen From WWII Bomber Found In Swamp To Receive Proper Burial
The five airmen were trapped inside the Halifax bomber for 70 years. The bomber crushed into a swamp after it was shot down during a…
The Heroic Paradogs of World War II
First, he learnt how to find and identify minefields, he protected his fellow soldiers on battlefields, he parachuted under a storm of German anti-aircraft on…