Germany: Another WWII Bomb Defused in Potsdam
Germany – Another WWII bomb was discovered and defused Thursday, December 18, in the historic city of Potsdam which is situated the country’s capital, Berlin. According to…
Christmas Truce One Hundred Years Ago was Real; Football Match Tales Maybe Not
While there are countless accounts giving evidence to the Christmas truce in the Great War a century ago, the football match so frequently associated with…
UEFA Releases Moving Video About the Century-Old WWI Christmas Truce
In celebration of the century-old Christmas truce between German and British soldiers which took place in 1914, the year WWI broke out, the Union of European…
American Revolutionary War Time Capsule Removed from Massachusetts Statehouse Cornerstone
A time capsule dating back to the American Revolutionary War some two hundred years ago was removed Thursday, December 11, from the cornerstone of the…
Irish WWII D-Day Vet Pat Gillen Honored with France’s Highest Accolade
Irish native and WWII D-Day vet Pat Gillen was recently honored with France’s highest accolade – the Legion d”Honneur – for his brave feats during…
“A Nazi Guide to Christmas” Leaflet Found; Instructs Party Members How Christmas Should be Reveled
Unearthed from an archive in the German city of Dresden is a leaflet with the printed title stating A Nazi Guide to Christmas. The said pamphlet lists a number of…
Goodbye, US Army Ranger, WWII and Famous Hollywood Photographer Phil Stern [1919-2014]
Phil Stern, famed Hollywood photographer responsible for some of the most iconic pictures of Hollywood and political bigwigs like Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and even…
Is This the First Moving Image of a War Poet? WWI Poet Isaac Rosenberg Captured in Archive WWI Trenches Footage
The Imperial War Museum is investigating a WWI footage in its archives for the proper identification of WWI poet Isaac Rosenberg. If indeed verified that…
Goodbye, Last of The Few and Wing Commander Roger Morewood [1916-2014]
One of the last surviving RAF pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain [collectively known as The Few] Wing Commander Roger Morewood…
Box of 1939 Illustrations with Adolf Hitler Pictures Discovered by Pensioner
Pensioner and wartime evacuee, 73-year-old Paul Leveene, discovered that the dusty box which had been in his care for forty years now contained some surprising memorabilia…
Langenstein-Zwieberge Camp, WWII Nazi Prison House, Attacked by Bulldozer
Langenstein-Zwieberge Camp, a WWII Nazi concentration bivouac, was attacked by a bulldozer operated by unknown assailants just a month after the well-known Arbeit macht frei from the Dachau…
Was Alan Turing Murdered? Author Roger Bristow Says “Yes”
The verdict about Alan Turing’s suicide had been pronounced some 60 years ago but author Roger Bristow is set to change everything about the brilliant mathematician’s…