Goodbye, WWII Spy and Explosive Experts Sonia d’Artois [1924- 2014]
Sonia d’Artois, a member of the Special Operations Executive [SOE] who parachuted into France before the D-Day to gather intelligence, help with the resistance and…
HMS Victory, Britain’s Most Famous Warship, to Undergo the Biggest and Most Expensive Restoration of Its Kind
HMS Victory was first launched two and a half centuries ago and was the flagship of Admiral Lord Nelson, the vessel that led him to victory…
WWI Stories: Search is On for the Owner of the Lucky German Medal Pierced with Bullet from the Great War
The search is on for the rightful owner of the lucky German medal pierced by a bullet during the Battle of Mons in 1914. The Story…
The War Film Wave Ascends Again with “Unbroken”, “Fury”
The war film wave has been in existence ever since movie makers have decided wars were a theme interesting to be portrayed on films but…
Goodbye, Decorated Tuskegee Airmen Clarence Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey Who Died on the Same Day
Clarence Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey, both members of the famed all-black squadron during WWII – the Tuskegee Airmen – and lifelong friends who joined…
Food Rationing and Rationing Tips from the WWII-Era
When we speak of WWII, we think gruesome battles, the war technologies used and all the lives lost in its horrors; but do we also…
WWII Bomb “Blown Up” at Clissold Park, Hackney After Civilian Dug It Up from his Property
A WWII bomb was “blown up” by the authorities at Clissold Park in Hackney after a civilian dug it up while he was gardening in…
Revisiting HBO’s “The Pacific” and John Basilone
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone is one of what has come to be known as the “Greatest Generation”, the group of men and women who went…
Forgotten Victoria Cross Hero Colonel Charles Grant Honored, Neglected Gravestone Repaired
Colonel Charles Grant earned the Victoria Cross because he remained brave and resourceful even when faced with an enemy that’s greatly superior in numbers. However,…
WWII Stories: The Mein Kampf, the Longest March and WWII Vet Robbie Clark
Emaciated British POW Robbie Clark knew that lugging a 700-page book on what could be a march to death could be an unbearable pain but he also knew…
2009: Hawaiian Seas Yield Remains of WWII Japanese Super-Sub
“[the I-201 Super-Sub] was nothing like anybody had in the Second World War. It had a streamlined body and conning tower and retractable gun.” The…
Is This the End of Hitler’s Bloodline?
Hitler’s bloodline – him being the ill-famed leader of Germany’s Third Reich known for his obsession in perfecting the human race through what he called…