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World War II’s Top Ten Missing Artworks

Heziel Pitogo

When Focus, a Germany-based magazine, revealed a few days ago that German authorities found in a dilapidated Munich flat a stash of historic 20th century European…

40 (Plus 1) Fascinating Facts about WWI

Heziel Pitogo

When the guns fell silent at 11 AM on what is now known as Armistice Day (November 11, 1918), Private George Edwin Ellison’s name would forever be…

ROB LET’S THE TRAIN TAKE THE STRAIN – Interview with author Rob Langham

Rob Langham has been involved in commemorating the history of the Great War for a number of years, whether it be through his writing or…

WWII Movie “Stalingrad” Brings Life to Russia’s Film Industry

Heziel Pitogo

WWII movie “Stalingrad”, the first ever Russian film in IMAX 3D, has become the country’s highest-grossing picture ever after breaking record sales not just in its…

Dorset’s Tyneham, Left Frozen in WWII Time

Heziel Pitogo

  Going to Tyneham, a small village in Dorset is like a trip back in time.  Seven decades ago, one fateful month in 1943, Tyneham’s…

Bailiwick of Guernsey WWII Memorial Gets Nod

Heziel Pitogo

A memorial commemorating the Allied airmen shot down in the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the Second World War was approved and could be built up…

New Churchill Bust Inside US Capitol Unveiled

Heziel Pitogo

“Winston Spencer Churchill was the best friend the United States ever had.” This was House Speaker John Boehner’s statement in the unveiling of the new…

WWII Pillboxes out in the Northumbrian wastes.

Keith

  OK! Who dunnit?????  Stand up that man! I wandered lonely as a cloud that wanders over vale and hill. When all at once I…

Can a tin shed actually be a very important WWII museum? Actually it can…

Jack Beckett

TIN SHED EXPERIENCE We often think only huge, over priced and ‘lifeless’ museums are all we have as a choice for learning about our history.…

Arnhem & Market Garden Battlefield tour report – By Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

By Mark Barnes for War History Online Want to take this tour too? Visit the Hells Highway Tours website! Arnhem: You can’t help yourself; you…

ESCAPE FROM DAVA0 – Coming this fall from the World War II Foundation

Joris Nieuwint

Based on the book “Escape from Davao” by John D. Lukacs. Narrated by Dale Dye. April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two…

WWII Letter Surfaced After Nearly Seven Decades

Heziel Pitogo

Lisa Lynde went to a estate sales in Michigan and bought herself a wooden bureau from the event. She had it shipped, then, to Grand…