WWII: Gunner fell 22,000 feet WITHOUT a parachute and survived
S/Sgt. Alan E. Magee poses for the camera, halfway into the tight confines of the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [Via] Ranked among…
A WWII Paratrooper from the ‘Battle of Arnhem’ dies at the age of 90
A World War II paratrooper who took part in the Battle of Arnhem has recently died. He was 90. Philip Letchford was among those paratroopers…
Imber – ‘Ghost village’ of WWII
The former Seagrams Farm A small village in Wiltshire called Imber is famously known as the ‘Ghost village’ of the Second World War. During World…
Japanese historians challenge US publishers on the subject of ‘Comfort Women’
A group of historians from Japan is challenging the depiction, in US history textbooks, of women trafficked to Japanese military brothels during World War II.…
Churchill had planned to thank US with a copy of Magna Carta
As a gesture of gratitude for its active support for the British cause in World War II, the Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, had…
Japanese Veteran was refused a seat at a WWII memorial ceremony
After having survived one of the bloodiest conflicts in the Pacific War, a Japanese veteran was told he could not join other Japanese attendees at…
World War Two US soldiers honored in the Netherlands
Thousands of World War Two US soldiers who were killed in action are being honored in the Netherlands. One of them is Stanley McNivick from…
Restoring the last ‘Coastwatcher’ base in the Auckland Islands
The commanding officer of the New Zealand Navy’s HMS Wellington, Lt. Commander Graham MacLean, along with Kathryn Pemberton and Brain Jones, left for New Zealand’s …
The ‘Vietnam War’ – a horror episode in American History
The 29th of April 1973 was the day when the United States finally pulled out of Vietnam and ended the war that the Vietnamese call…
70 years since Allied attack on Tokyo
Seventy years ago this March, Allied forces began the air raid bombing of Tokyo. The air raids weren’t a new tactic since the Allies had…
70th Anniversary Celebrations of VE Day
For the Finest Generation this year’s Victory in Europe Day celebration will mark the last time that they can gather in significant numbers to celebrate…
‘High Hitler’ – a drug history of the ‘Fuehrer’
There is something strange and eerie about the way Adolf Hitler carried himself; everything about him was mysterious and odd. Now, recently discovered historic documents…