Japan: Emperor Hirohito Warned US Attack in WWII Would be ‘Self-Destructive’
A new biography on Japanese Emperor Hirohito revealed that while he may have celebrated the Japanese Imperial Army’s victories during the Second World War, he…
Looking Back at Classic WWII Posters
Most may not be familiar with the images above, but for some, these classic WWII posters were the sight they always would see in between…
Haileybury School Built Great War Trench in Commemoration of Its Staff and Pupils Who Perished in It
The Haileybury school in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire built an authentic replica of a Great War trench within its campus grounds in commemoration of the 589…
Italy: Pope Francis Describes War as Madness in His Visit to WWI Monument
“War is madness”… These were the words of Pope Francis when he spoke at Italy’s biggest war memorial in Redipuglia. The pontiff also pointed out…
The Alan Turing Biopic Nabbed Highest Award in the Toronto Film Fest 2014
The Alan Turing Biopic – The Imitation Game – nabbed the People’s Choice Award in this year’s recently concluded Toronto Film Festival. The win is an indicator…
Guide Map of Lawrence of Arabia In Arab Revolt Against Ottoman Empire to be Auctioned, Set Price at £100,000
The only guide map, which according to experts, that Lawrence of Arabia sketched himself and depicted his famous journey in the Arabian desert between the…
Germany: Mass Evacuation Imposed in the Discovery of Unexploded British WWII Bomb
Hanover, Germany – A mass evacuation for about 14,000 people – including residents from three nursing facilities – had to be carried out in the dead of…
Claude Monet Landscape PaintingFound in the Munich Art Hoard
A Claude Monet landscape painting recently turned up from the art hoard discovered in a dinghy Munich flat last 2012. The trove of valuable artworks…
‘Stolen’ WWII Plaque Returned to RAF Base
Correction: It has come to the attention of WHO that the writer mistook RAF Brize Norton for a man rather than a Royal Air Force…
Gasthaus zur Pommer, Hitler’s Birthplace, to be Converted Into a Museum Dedicated to His Crimes
The Austrian government is set to convert Gasthaus zur Pommer, the former pub where the notorious German dictator Adolf Hitler was born, into a ‘House…
HMS Pathfinder, the U-Boat’s First Casualty, Commemorated
On the exact 100th-year anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Pathfinder, the first ship sunk by a German U-boat, divers swam 220 feet underwater to its…
WWII Anniversary: The War’s Outbreak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH0A1H_3HB8 Commemorative ceremonies took place across Europe in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the Second World War’s outbreak. See how the official “war’s outbreak”…