WWII B-26 Pilot Flew 75 Missions In The “Widow-maker”
Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Leon Leshay grew up in Massachusetts. He studied science at a Rhode Island college, where he had an opportunity to…
82nd Airborne Division WWII Veteran still waiting for Medal of Honor
James Megellas has a room lined with military honors and awards. “You lead from the front, you command from the rear,” Megellas said. “If you’re…
New Book Sheds Light on Ravensbrück Concentration Camp
Ravensbrück was the only concentration camp built by the Nazis specifically for women. Located 50 miles north of Berlin, it opened four months before the…
NOAA seeks to preserve naval battle site “Graveyard of the Atlantic”; area residents concerned over long term economic effects
Federal officials overseeing the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary off Cape Hatteras, N.C., are seeking to extend their jurisdiction to an area dubbed “The Graveyard of…
Students Investigated after Posting Pictures of Holocaust-themed Drinking Game
Police are investigating a group of teenagers in Princeton, NJ, after pictures of them playing a “Jews vs. Nazis” drinking game were posted on the…
55 quotes from Band of Brothers – hey Frank, this guy says the Germans are bad…..!!
Ronald Spiers: The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be…
MUST SEE: D-day Piper Bill Millin Interview (1984)
Bill Millin, aged 21, was considered to be unarmed on June 6th, 1944 as he jumped from the landing slope in Normandy on Sword Beach.…
Austria Wants To Seize House Where Hitler Was Born
The Austrian government has been faced with a dilemma regarding what to do with the house where Adolf Hitler was born. In April 1889, Hitler…
A remarkable lady: Patricia Barry – Codebreaker In WWII
On 21st August 1921, Hilda Patricia Rawlinson was born in Walthamstow, a suburb in the east end of London, to Percy and Hilda Rawlinson. Her…
The Desperate Banzai Charge On Okinawa
On April 6th, 1945, nearing the end World War II, Japanese forces launched a massive air counter-offensive against the insurgent American military on their own…
BEFORE ENDEAVOURS FADE – Review by Mark Barnes
This book remains the essential single edition battlefield guide to the Western Front. It is now in it’s fourteenth edition and is much expanded on…
Legal Eagle launched career defending Japanese war criminals
After World War II, a 25-year-old legal secretary volunteered to help defend some of Japan’s worst war criminals in the “Tokyo Trials.” Now, at age…