First Woman to Receive the George Cross Survived Torture by the Nazis
Odette Marie Céline Brailly was born in Amiens, France, in 1912. Her father died while fighting for their country in World War I. Her grandfather…
Man Is Working to Interview Every Remaining WWII Veteran
16 million Americans served during World War II. Today, according to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, only 558,000 of that number are still alive. Rishi…
The British WWII Plan for an Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice
The British needed help. The German U-boats were destroying the mighty British naval force. The worst affected area was a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean…
Huge WWII Bomb Discovered in Berlin Near Chancellor’s Office, Thousands Evacuated
Approximately 10,000 residents were evacuated from central Berlin on Friday after an unexploded bomb from World War II was discovered at a construction site. A…
WWII-era Plane Crashes at Naval Air Station, Killing Two
A T-6 Texan single-engine fighter plane crashed after takeoff from Naval Air Station Kingsville in southern Texas on Wednesday. The privately owned World War II-era…
Alleged Nazi War Criminal May Not Be Extradited
The hunt for Nazi war criminals may have succeeded in tracking down another perpetrator but he may never stand trial for his alleged crimes due…
Museum Uncovers Remarkable Account of the Fray Bentos Boys’ Three Days of Hell in WWI
Eight British soldiers, known as the Fray Bentos Boys, spent three days and two nights during World War I in possibly the worst place they…
He stole a C-130 in 1969, he & the plane have never been seen since, was Meyer shot down to keep him from risking lives on the ground
A little after 5:00 AM on May 23, 1969, USAF Sgt. Paul A. Meyer stole a C-130E military aircraft and took off from an RAF…
Exhibition shows the dark side of the Nazi Youth Movement, mixed-gender events such as the Nuremberg Rallies resulted in hundreds of teenage pregnancies
A new exhibition opened recently in the German city of Bielefeld, showing the dark underbelly of the famed Hitler Youth Movement. Using recorded testimonials, books,…
World War II Vet Spends The Rest Of His Life Helping Soldiers
A ninety-five-year-old veteran of the South Pacific theatre of war during World War II is working hard to make sure the soldiers who made the…
WWII Intelligence Agency Receives Congress’ Highest Civilian Honor
John Billings is a former military pilot who worked for the Office of Strategic Services (the precursor to the CIA) during World War II. In…
The ‘Hitler hotel’: Building where Night of the Long Knives began to be demolished
It’s a fairly trite, but otherwise quite true statement that those who fail to remember their past are doomed to repeat it. Germany isn’t prone…