Rare Uniform Button Given by German Soldier to British Serviceman during Christmas Truce on Display
An “incredibly rare” uniform button given by a German soldier to a British serviceman during the 1914 Christmas Truce is on display part of the First…
Suitcases of Auschwitz Victims Placed Under High-Tech Storage
Warsaw, Poland – The Auschwitz Museum have placed some of the suitcases of the Auschwitz victims in a modern storage room for protection. The said move…
Another WWII Soldier, Decorated Pilot Peyton S. Mathis Jr., Finally Laid to Rest after 70 Years
At last, Army Air Force Major Peyton S. Mathis Jr. was able to come home after seven long decades! Remains of the decorated WWII pilot…
Hawaii: Wreckage of WWII Plane Found and Identified 69 Years After Its Crash
Hawaii – Wreckage of a WWII plane was discovered at Windward Oahu coast and was eventually identified by personnel from the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab…finally after…
Letters to WWI Soldiers Project Offers Glimpse into the Brutalities of the Great War
A British centenary undertaking, Letter to an Unknown Soldier, which invites the public to write letters to the Great War’s “unknown soldier” is giving people a glimpse…
Top Ten Anniversaries for 2015 by the English Heritage
Here is the English Heritage’s top ten anniversaries set to be celebrated this year 2015 [events are arranged from the oldest]. Viking Invasion of England by…
The Top Five War Flicks of 2014
2014 may be the year of science fiction movies with films like Interstellar and Guardians of the Galaxy, among so many others, dominating the box office but 2014 did not…
“Germany 1945 – The Last Months of the War” Exhibit in Berlin Puts in Mind the Last Months of WWII
Germany 1945 – The Last Months of the War, an exhibit in the Topographie des Terrors Museum in Berlin, shows the grimness of the last months…
Meet the Man Who Earns a Living as a Professional Hitler Look-A-Like: Emin Djinovci
Unbelievable but true — a man in Mitrovica, Kosovo earns his living as the professional look-a-like of the notorious German dictator Adolf Hitler and even…
Jewish WWI Soldier Getting Medal of Honor One Step Closer to Reality A Century On
At long last, a Jewish WWI soldier is closer to being posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Great War after almost…
Goodbye, “Tuskegee Airmen” Pilot Lowell Steward [1919-2014]
Lowell Steward, one of the last few surviving members of the “Tuskegee Airmen”, passed away Wednesday, December 17, in California. He was 95. The WWII vet died due to…
Christmas Truce Story: Ordered to Kill Each Other, British Captain and German Baron Shared Beer Instead
One hundred years ago, instead of killing each other as they were ordered to do, British Captain Clifton Stockwell and German Baron Maximillian von Sinner…