One hundred years of chemical warfare
Chemical warfare began one hundred years ago during World War One and was first used by the Germans fighting against the French on Flanders Field.…
B-17 Alliance Museum to delay opening until June
[Via] The B-17 Alliance Museum in Salem, Oregon, has had to delay its grand opening until June. The museum is opening at Salem’s Municipal Airport…
Soldiering On Awards honours World War Two burns victims and Gurkhas
An awards ceremony in central London has taken place to honour veterans of war. [Via] In particular, the 2015 Soldiering On Awards has awarded World…
WWII ‘Pacific Theatre’ – two survivors share their experiences from the war
Like any other war, the Second World War brought us all levels of propaganda used by both sides. For the US marines, the Japanese were…
Ernie Pyle remembered for tales of soldiers’ lives in WWII
Ernie Pyle in 1945 [Via] A US war journalist, Ernie Pyle, made a name writing scores of columns about the life and times of frontline…
Dawn of chemical warfare commemorated
Tear gas casualties from the Battle of Estaires, April 10, 1918. [Via] 100 years ago this month poison chlorine gas was first used in a military…
Fans get to experience real WWII B-29 Superfortress
A B-29 Superfortress bomber, first flown in 1945, has been renovated and recently made a tour of the US, landing at Van Nuys airport in…
Rosie the Riveter – Iconic World War Two model portraying women on the home front dies
Mary Doyle Keefe, a model during World War Two who was used to depict the iconic image of American women who worked on the home…
Auschwitz worker goes on trial at 93
Groening, pictured, was a 21-year-old junior NCO in the SS when he was ordered to Auschwitz camp [Via] Oskar Groening, a German bookkeeper at Auschwitz…
Nairn quarry is tested for radioactive material from WWII planes
Parts with radioactive material from WWII planes An examination of a quarry is going to take place amid concerns that the quarry may be contaminated…
6 Decisive Battles of World War Two you may not have heard of!
During World War Two, there were so many battles and small confrontations that took place between the Allies and the Axis countries. Only those which…
The photographs Hitler wanted to ban from the world – Reproduced in a new book
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…