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Nazi Past and Racist Present of a Housing Society in New York

The menace of neo-Nazism in North America is not as modern phenomena as many may think, with the rise of Hitler in Germany the echoes…

10 Myths about the Nazis

Many myths have grown up around the infamous Nazi Party which led Germany into war, and plunged the world into global conflict. Some of these…

This Is What Testing Nuclear Bombs On An Island Looks Like, You Will Be Shocked!

  Between the years of 1946 and 1958, a nuclear testing program was put in place by the United States in Bikini Atoll (part of…

12 Reasons Why the Falklands War Was A Closer Call Than You Think

The Falklands War is looked back on by many as a forgone conclusion. Lasting only ten weeks, and it resulted in clear British victory. But…

The Pictures Of Hitler That He Didn’t Want YOU To See!

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Adolf Hitler certainly did not like all of the photographs that were taken of him. So much so that if he thought a photograph was…

New Excavations Reveal 250 Year Old British Fort in New York State

A new excavation at Lake George Battlefield Park in New York State has revealed over 250 year old stone walls belonging to a British fort…

HMS Hood and other ships in color!

Extremely cool color footage of the HMS Hood, the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was the only one of the Admiral-class battlecruisers,…

THREE GEMS FROM HAYNES PUBLISHING – Reviewed by Mark Barnes for War History Online.

Well, playmates, Armistice Day and Bonfire Night are behind us and now that British TV is awash with adverts for it I feel safer about…

Guernsey Nazi Victim’s Grave Found After 70 years

On 30th June 1940, German troops landed in Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. These islands, situated not far from the French coast are British dependencies…

Oldest World War Two bomb Squad Veteran Reaches 99

The last surviving founding member of the British Army’s World War Two bomb squad has reached the age of 99. Captain John Hannaford lives in…

The Army Goes In – The Suez Crisis of 1956

The Suez Crisis comprised of an invasion by Israel of Egypt in late 1956, Britain and France soon followed in this invasion. The aim of…

WWII Grave Site Reunion as Twins are Finally Together Again

According to their family, twins James and Michael Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Queens, New York City, and did absolutely everything in each…