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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…

Oklahoma Exhibit Lauding WWII Comanche Code Talkers Bared

Heziel Pitogo

A Nazi flag seized at the height of the Second World War together with personal photos and army uniforms are some of the mementos featured…

World War II TV Drama for Anna Friel

Heziel Pitogo

English actress Anna Friel will be starring in an upcoming Second World War TV drama series entitled The Heavy Water with a plot that plays similarly along…

Solomon Islands: Remains of WWII Soldiers Uncovered Amid Residence Renovations

Heziel Pitogo

A Solomon Islands homeowner in the middle of renovating his home discovered an unlikely find – three remains of US Marines who were believed to…

ARTICLE: The Battle of Moerbrugge – Part 3

Guest Author

Moerbrugge: “A Crossing of Opportunity”: As we have seen, the German resistance in Moerbrugge was thought by 4th Canadian Armoured Divisional HQ to have been…

Article: 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment and the Tetrarch by Peter Brown

Guest Author

6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment and the Tetrarch by Peter Brown Flying tanks onto the battlefield is not something which has happened every day though…

ARTICLE: The second in a Series of WWII Medal Identification by Scott Addington

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Campaign Awards for the Second World War (1939-1945)  General service within the British and Commonwealth armed forces during the Second World War was rewarded by…