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The Full Horror of the Nazis’ Treatment of Women is Expored in this Important Book

Warning: Some readers may find the content of this article distressing Dr. Beverley Chalmers’ latest book is Birth, Sex, and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule…

President Obama to Visit Hiroshima

President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima during a trip to Japan and Vietnam this month. He will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit…

The WW2 Spy Who Accepted the Surrender of an Entire German Army

Frederick Mayer was a man described by some as fearless. He was a German Jew whose family emigrated from their home on the Western edge…

Reindeer Battalion of WWII Braver than Soviets, Tougher than Tanks

The Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive in 1944, which led to the expulsion of German forces from the northerly regions of Norway, would have been severely hampered had…

The Battle of Ortona – When 2,600 Canadian Men Were Sacrificed for a General’s Pride

In December 1943, a group of largely untested Canadians went up against German forces in the Italian town of Ortona. The result was a bloodbath…

The Legendary Paratrooper: The Amazing Story of Ted Bachenheimer

Theodore Herman Bachenheimer earned many titles in his life. They weren’t always the titles of rank or hierarchical authority, but rather the ones given to him…

The Highway Of Death – First Gulf War

The Kuwait – Iraq highways, including highway 80 and highway 8 are the direct road routes connecting these two Middle Eastern countries. They are huge…

The Great Escape: Harrowing Truth vs Hollywood Fiction

Colin Fraser

In 2006, a poll in the United Kingdom was done to determine which old family film TV viewers would want to watch in Christmas. Taking…

Honour in Battle – The WW2 Spitfire Pilot Spared by Enemy Fighters

John Hamilton Nicholls was a Spitfire pilot in World War II. He destroyed or damaged 10 enemy aircraft during the war and was awarded the…

Stolperstien – Artist commemorates Holocaust victims in fast-growing Street Project

Stolpersteine, literally stumbling stones, are an ongoing project which started on the streets of Germany. They are small, square brass plaques, about the size of…

Top Quality Police Work Leads to Return of an Amazing Piece of History

Detective Kirk Hill, of Duluth, Minnesota, was certainly not looking for a challenging and complicated case, but this particular report was too enticing to pass…

Excitement! Book review by Mark Barnes

Excitment! Book review by Mark Barnes.

This book is the latest in a spate of self-published books that have been coming my way from the United States. However, this one stands…