An Anti-Nuclear Exhibit Comes to Los Alamos
There’s an ongoing argument regarding the manufacture and potential use of nuclear weapons. One side sees them as a necessary evil, an unfortunate side effect…
Historian Reveals Details About The Drastic Building Transformations That Occurred During WWII
A new book by historian Julie Summers tells the story of 12 stately homes, which were requisitioned by the British government to help with the…
The First Avengers
It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood movie. A small cadre of Jews hatched a plot that would kill six million Germans, by poisoning…
Germany Owes Britain and Poland Billions in WWII Reparations
Daniel Kawczynski is the Conservative MP for Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. He is campaigning for Germany to pay billions to help rebuild…
Horatio Hornblower’s Home for Sale
The childhood home that became the inspiration for Horatio Hornblower, C. S. Forester’s famous fictional Royal Naval officer, a Palladian mansion near Insch, Aberdeenshire, is…
Massive Salvage Operation Refloats World War 2 Relic in Sri Lanka
The scars and ghosts of the Second World War sometimes resurface to remind us of an earlier, more savage time. These manifest usually in the…
The Amazing Artworks That Were Almost Destroyed During The Conflict Of World War II
The Munich Crisis in 1938 made Martin Davies, who worked as an assistant at the National Gallery in London, an extremely nervous man. He was…
Heroes in the Wreckage: The mixed crew of Canadian, British and Australians had taken the Fortress out on a test-flight, trying to work out the kinks in a new navigation system
It was two hours from midnight, March 26th, 1943, when two cottage residents, Albert and Vera French, heard the crash. They immediately rushed from the…
Fat blocks from a ship sunk by Luftwaffe float ashore in Scotland ‘still looks & smells good enough to have a fry up with.”
For many people around the world, the years of the Second World War were marked by both periods of perfect tranquility, and periods of sudden…
War Hero Ted Young Sees Final Send-Off
The funeral procession was led by a bagpiper, and was attended by a crowd of nearly one hundred people who had come to show their respect…
WWI Diaries Tell Of Life and Death In The Trenches
During World War I, many soldiers kept diaries while fighting from the trenches. Recently one written by a British soldier has surfaced and the 162-page…
Polish Politician Wants Germany to Accept All Blame for WWII and Holocaust
Just before an official state visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a controversial issue was raised by a long-standing Polish politician regarding Germany’s responsibility for…