Royal Mint Makes £20 Coin in Honor of WWII British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
The Royal Mint has launched a £20 Coin in commemoration of the 50th death anniversary of WWII British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The new coin – a part…
The VC Medal ‘Forgotten’ by the Brighton Museum for Six Decades
Brighton Museum rediscovers a forgotten Victoria Cross medal of WWI hero Major George Godfrey Massy Wheeler which has been in their care for six decades. The…
Goodbye, WWII RAF Squadron Leader Harvey Nelson Sweetman [1921-2015]
Harvey Nelson Sweetman, a WWII Squadron Leader who served with the Royal Air Force’s 486 [NZ] Squadron during the said conflict, passed away Thursday, January 15. The…
WWII Japanese Hand Grenade Stored in Garage for Over a Decade Detonated by Bomb Squad
Oklahoma City – Rick Young learned the lesson of not assuming anything the “explosive” way when he discovered a live WWII Japanese hand grenade sitting inside…
Peter Jackson Assisting in the Opening of a WWI Museum After Wrapping Up “The Hobbit” Trilogy
After wrapping up his The Hobbit trilogy, director Peter Jackson said in a recent interview that he is channeling his energy into assisting the launching of a…
The Drive to Save WWII Tales Becoming Urgent – Historians
United States of America – There is a growing recognition among many historians that first-hand WWII tales – stories from the men and women who…
Meet Olive Bailey, the Woman Who Worked with Alan Turing Cracking Nazi Codes during WWII
Olive Bailey was only a young woman when she worked in Bletchley Park during the Second World War but at 94, she remembers it all like…
Churchill “Joyful” Over News of “Baby Killers of Scarborough”, Letter Reveals
A recently discovered letter reveals how former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill got excited over the news about the “baby killers of Scarborough”…
A Look Inside Ravensbruck, the Nazis’ Death Camp for Women
Get to know the stories inside Ravensbruck, the Nazis’ death camp for women during the Second World War, as written by author Sarah Helm…
Radio Antenna Used in the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich Discovered
The radio antenna used by Czech resistance during the Second World War to plan the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the Third Reich’s most…
WWI Memorial Arch Unveiled by Prince Harry Appears “Rusty” After Just Five Months
The WWI Memorial Arch put up in Folkestone and was said to last up to one hundred years is already starting to get “rusty” after only…
Equality in Everything Else: The Female Nazi Guards as Evil as the Men
Now that we know a fraction of the horrid things which went through the Nazis’ death camp for women, let us get to know the…