Chilling Extracts From The Himmler Diaries Which Were Found In A Russian Archive
“It is one of those things that is easily said. ‘The Jewish people is being exterminated,’ every Party member will tell you, ‘perfectly clear, it’s…
The Lead C-47 From D-Day Is Being Restored
A C-47 warplane called “That’s All, Brother” led over 800 other C-47s loaded with paratroopers into Normandy for the D-Day invasions that led to the…
The World War II Classic Movie That Still Thrills Fifty Years Later
Fifty years ago, Scottish born writer Alistair MacLean, author of nearly twenty books including The Guns of Navarone, published in 1961, and Ice Station Zebra, published…
Japanese Plastic Surgeon Who Denied Auschwitz Purchases Hirohito’s Monologues
The Emperor’s Monologue is a handwritten account of Japan from before World War II to its surrender in August of 1945. The memoir was dictated…
Treasure Trove of World War II History Found in Abandoned Storage Unit
Joe Alosi bids on storage units that have been abandoned by whoever rented them. He does not know what he is getting before he purchases…
The Role of Women as Santa Claus During World War II
During World War II, many women in the United States took over formerly male-driven occupations as American men went off to fight in the war,…
WWII Torpedo Revealed By Low Tide In The English Channel
The island of Herm, just east of Guernsey in the English Channel near the coast of France, is a popular vacation site for many British…
Oskar Groening The 96-Year Old “Bookkeeper Of Auschwitz” Has His Claim For Mercy Rejected By German Court
Since the end of World War II, most of the Nazi soldiers who were assigned to death camps have passed away but a few, now…
How WWII American Soldiers Provided Fun At Christmas For British Orphans
When the United States Army first landed in Great Britain in 1942,it took many months to bring them all in, brief them and organize them…
How Air Commodore Leonard Birchall Became the Saviour of Ceylon in WWII
Air Commodore Leonard Birchall was a squadron leader of the No 413 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was on April 4, 1942,…
Out of fuel: Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights (Watch)
An unusual incident involving a container ship and an aircraft from a nearby aircraft carrier occurred in June 1983, when NATO countries were staging an…
WWII General Bernard Montgomery’s Rolls Royce Phantom III Sells for Much Less Than Expected
On December 6, 2017, the 1936 Rolls Royce Phantom III touring limousine used by General Bernard Montgomery to drive such World War II notables as…