One in Five Britons Believes UK Fought Hitler During WWI
18% of Britons believe the country fought Hitler and Nazi Germany during the Great War which is WWI. If that is translated into numbers, one…
A NURSE AT THE FRONT – Shocking Accounts of WWI Nurse Edith Appleton on the Battle of Somme
A Nurse at the Front, a compilation of the diaries kept by WWI nurse Sister Edith Appleton throughout the Great War reflects the gruesomeness prevalent…
EU Leaders Commemorate WWI Centennial in Ypres
EU leaders – from Germany, Britain, France and other European countries – marked the centenary of the Great War in the Belgian city of Ypres where once,…
WWII Stories: The Destruction of Lidice from the Eyes of a Survivor
The Czechoslovakian village of Lidice was destroyed by the Nazi Germans on June 10, 1942. Jaroslava Sklenickova was among the few who survived the ordeal.…
Undertaker Makes an Appeal for Mourners to Attend Funeral of RAF Vet
Undertaker Eddy Jacobs makes out an appeal on behalf of RAF vet Sidney Marshall who was a WWII hero but has no one to attend…
BBC Axes WWI Drama ‘The Crimson Field’ After Only One Series
After having been shown for one series, BBC axed its WWI Drama which focused on the lives of nurses while they served at a fictional…
Historian Dan Snow Criticized for Disproving WWI ‘Myths’
Television broadcaster and historian Dan Snow is targeted by criticisms and has been receiving hate mails after trying to set WWI records right by debunking ten popular…
The Little Things that Changed the Course of History (From Wars to the Sinking of the Titanic)
From the length of Cleopatra’s nose and its effect on the Roman Empire to the mistranslated word that caused one of the biggest bombings the world…
Comic Writer about Great War: “It was the world’s first sci-fi war”
Comic writer Pat Mills who wrote Charley’s War, a WWI-centered comic strip which ran from the 1970s up to the late 1980s, believe that that…
House of Sharing, Korean Home for Living “Comfort Women” during WWII, Offers English Tour
The House of Sharing, home of the many women forced into sexual slavery during WWII known as “comfort women”, opens its doors for English…
New Poster, Trailer Out for WWII Film “Fury”
The upcoming David Ayer WWII film starring Brad Pitt in its lead role – Fury – released its first poster and trailer recently. The poster had Brad…
Japan Continues to Pursue Official WWII Treaty with Russia
Japan has not given up hope of being able to have an official WWII peace treaty with Russia 70 years after the said war ended. According to Japanese…