Respected Member of the Tuskegee Airmen dies aged 95
Floyd Carter Sr was an outstanding police officer, according to his peers. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the police force’s highest…
Published Diary Shows Germans Were Aware Of Nazi Atrocities During WWII
Friedrich Kellner was a bureaucrat in Germany during WWII. He kept a secret diary in which he wrote about his feelings towards the war and…
Jim Schmidt was 14 when he jumped into Sicily with the 82nd Airborne – returned home a hero
Jim Schmidt, a 90-year-old from Fayette, North Carolina, was kicked out of the services twice during WWII. He was an impressive soldier, followed orders and…
Mistakenly Labelled As KIA Soldier Awakes In A Body Bag
Imagine waking up in a body bag! That was what happened to John Bennett, who awoke to find himself stuffed into one in May 1964.…
New Book Describes Life In And Escape From A German POW Camp
Historian Martin Mace was researching the British Special Operations Executive in government archives when he came across a report that had lain unread for 74…
Young Pilots Find Motivation In The Diary Of A Respected RAF Chaplain
The diary of a Royal Air Force chaplain, which has recently been released by the Imperial War Museum, has proved to be a beacon of…
‘Rosie The Riveter’ Talks About The Role Of Women In WWII
Harry Connick, Jr. celebrated National Rosie the Riveter Day by bringing one of the original ‘Rosie the Riveters’ on to his show. Mae Krier, 91,…
The Forgotten WWI Guests: While he was working on the house, he was surprised to find writing on the walls under the paint
In the sleepy little village of Charmoy in France, Olivier Claudon bought a vacation home to get away from it all. In 2002 while he…
Poland politician says reparations from Germany could stand at $850 billion
Germany could owe nearly $850 billion for the damage it inflicted on Poland during WWII, a senior Polish official has said. Germany and the Soviet…
Why was ‘Hitler’s car’ parked on a street of the super rich & famous in Medina, Washington, USA
On February 17, 2018, there was something unusual parked on the street in Medina, Washington. A shiny Mercedes car, so deeply blue it was almost…
‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ dies before serving prison term – convicted in 2015, his lawyer’s actions effectively kept him from serving any jail time before his death
Oskar Groening was known as the ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ because of his role in the extermination of hundreds of thousands of Jews during WWII. In…
Storm Emma uncovers unexploded WWII shell on ‘Fake Utah Beach’ where 749 US servicemen drowned in tragic D-Day rehearsal
This winter’s storm Emma combined with the “Beast from the East” has caused massive disruptions in the United Kingdom and Europe. High winds, blizzards, and…