Germany: Calendars Feature WWII Luftwaffe Head’s Cottage, Government Orders Recall
A Germany state government orders the halt and distribution of thousands of calendars after finding out that the charming cottage on the cover photo belonged…
Israel Taking More Severe Steps in Banning “Nazi” and Other Other Third Reich Terms
Israel is geared on to taking steps against words and terms pertaining to Germany’s Third Reich – Nazi words, symbols and even its ideology deemed…
Hungary: Jewish Leaders Charge Government of Belittling the Holocaust
Hungarian Jewish leaders demanded the resignation of one of Hungarian government’s key appointees last January 19; this certain person had compared the arrest and deportation of…
Top Ten Most Destructive Bombing Campaigns in WWII
WWII (1939-1945) saw various atrocious developments when it came to warfare set in a backdrop of mass destruction of humans due to their ethnicity, religious beliefs…
Germany: Debate Over the Exhibit of Guillotine from Nazi Era
Germany – A guillotine used during the Nazi era found stored in a warehouse of a Bavarian museum has generated a nationwide debate over whether…
eBay Removes from Its Selling List LEGO Figures of WWII German Dictator Adolf Hitler
eBay has removed from its selling list Adolf Hitler plastic toy men made by LEGO. The small toy men, made from official LEGO bodies complete…
Ronald Balfour: The Monuments Men’s Missing Character
Relatives of Ronald Balfour are enraged that George Clooney missed the British historian in his coming WWII movie The Monuments Men; he was one of…
Duty, Mercy and WWII: Man Meets German Pilot Who Shot Down His Father’s Plane During the War
Francis “Bud” Peacock III traveled to Germany to delve deep into his father’s WWII history and found this story of duty and mercy. For Hans Müller,…
10 Remarkable Laws during WWI
Wars could bring about a number of surprises and the ten laws below, passed during WWI with some still in effect in Britain up to…
Wife of WWII Hero Douglas Bader Suffers Neglect from Care Home
Joan Bader, the wife of the late WWII pilot and hero Sir Douglas Bader, reportedly was left neglected by the nursing staff of the care…
The Real Men Behind “The Monuments Men”
The Monuments Men – the arts and history scholars detachment of the Allied Forces. They volunteered to troll along and behind the enemy’s lines, risking…
Colin Firth’s Take on “The Railway Man” – Lumbering but Moving
Firth did a great job as Eric Lomax in the WWII film, “The Railway Man”. The movie’s a little awkward but is still moving. 1980 –…