World War II’s Top Ten Missing Artworks
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
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…
WWII Movie “Stalingrad” Brings Life to Russia’s Film Industry
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
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
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
“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.
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…
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
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
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
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…