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The Family That Survived A U-Boat Attack

Many people fantasize about the excitement, the challenge and the adrenalin rush of high adventure. They envy those who parachute from burning planes, flee from…

Croatia Jews Avoid Official Holocaust Event Over Neo-Nazi Sentiment

Croatian Jews protested the government’s official Holocaust commemoration ceremony in the Jasenovac death camp by holding their own ceremony a week ahead of schedule. Jasenovac…

Man Discovers WWII Love Letters While Renovating His House

Jerry Wilson was renovating his home in New Jersey when he discovered a leather trunk in the attic. Inside the trunk were love letters, telegrams…

Chosin Reservoir Medal of Honor Recipient Hector Cafferata Died Age 86

Hector Cafferata passed away on April 12 at the age of 86. Cafferata received a Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest decoration for wartime…

Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part II

To commemorate the 71th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an exclusive extract from his book The…

Midway: The Turning Point in the Pacific

The Battle of Midway (3rd to 7th June 1942) was the single most decisive encounter in the Pacific theater of World War Two. A clash…

Korean War Hero Finally Buried at home, 65 Years After He Died

A Korean War hero who died in action and was missing for nearly 66 years is finally being returned home for a full military funeral…

Lego WW2: Battle of Arnhem (Watch)

Boys will be boys, we still play with Lego but we only built different things! This video focusses on the Battle of Arnhem, which was…

Why the Rosenbergs Were Executed

On April 4th, 1951, Judge Irving Kaufman sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death. He called them traitors who put “into the hands of the…

Geologist May Have Found Exact Route Hannibal Used To Cross The Alps – By A Trail Of Poop

In 218 BC, Hannibal marched an army consisting of soldiers, mules, horses and elephants from Spain, over the Alps, and into Italy to attack the…

Confederate Blockade Runner – Agnes E. Fry – Found At Long Last?

Billy Ray Morris employed as a deputy state archaeologist and Gordon Watts, the director of the Institute for International Maritime Research, believe that they have…

A HANDFUL OF HELL – Classic War and Adventure Stories by Robert F Dorr – Review by Mark Barnes

Lots of us have heroes when we are young and some people keep them all their lives. There are regional variations, so, when I was…