The weather that saved the landing in Normandy
Troops in an LCVP landing craft approach Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Image Courtesy of commons The Allied landing in Normandy, on June the…
Top 9 Facts about World War 1
The top 9 facts about WWI, how did it start, what was the impact on women, facial masks and a lot more! 1 How the…
6 Severely wounded WWII Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific that stayed afloat and were repaired
During the Pacific campaign in WWII aircraft carriers were the prime targets in the fleet engagements fought between the USA (and later Britain) and Japan.…
John Leishman – a Normandy veteran dies at the age of 95
First Minister Peter Robinson Paid his respects to John Leishman, a Normandy veteran who died at the age of 95. He added that John was…
English stately home renovated to World War Two condition
The British cook and baker, Mary Berry, has renovated an English stately home to its World War Two condition, and has re-opened the house to…
Nazi ‘Surrender Order’ sold for over $30,000
Not everyone commanding the German Army was as ambitious as Hitler was in his last days of the Second World War. As the war approached…
GALLIPOLI – Review by Dr Wayne Osborne
Yes, there are many books about Gallipoli but by that same token there are many books about the Somme Campaign of 1916. So what? There…
‘We were a target’ Air Force veteran discusses service during the Cold War
By Jeremy P. Amick During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, many men and women volunteered to serve the United States by…
Bone fragments discovered at crash site in Germany could be the last resting place of World War Two airman
The family of a fallen British soldier from the Second World War fought a lengthy battle with German development authorities. The family members of the…
World War Two missing submarine, HMS Urge, discovered off Libya
Correction: This article states inaccurate and out-of-date information about the location of the HMS Urge, based on reports that were given at the time, but…
War criminal Alois Brunner, Adolf Eichmann’s main assistant, died in Syria
Image Courtesy of commons Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem, confirmed to BBC that the former Nazi war criminal, Alois Brunner,…
Oskar Schindler-The German who saved 1200 of Jews from the Holocaust
Oskar Schindler is man who saved the lives of 1200 Jews during World War II. Instead of having the Nazi`s take them to concentration camps, Oskar…