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Another Treasure Hunter Makes Bold Claims About The Location Of The Lost Nazi Gold

A British diver claims to have located Adolf Hitler’s missing £100 million gold hoard at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in a shipwreck. During…

American World War II Veteran Recalls Christmas Time In Italy At The End Of The War

Louis Heon is a World War II veteran of the US Army 88th Infantry Division.  In 1945, even after the Germans surrendered, times were still…

German Enigma Machine Sells For A Record Price At Auction

A rare World War II Enigma machine went for £367,000 at an auction.  That price is a world record. The M4 is one of the…

Many People Turn Out To Attend Troubled Veteran’s Funeral With Honor

People traveled from Utah, Montana, Colorado and across Wyoming to join other strangers, police and veterans at Evansville, WY. to be part of the funeral…

Group Plans To Rebuild Second World War Mosquito Fighter Bomber

Twin Rolls-Royce Merlin engines powering a World War II Mosquito fighter bomber may once again be heard in English skies. The People’s Mosquito, a group…

Incredible – Chinese Veteran Who Lost His Sight In WW2 Gets His Wish – To Touch Modern Tanks

Qian Jianmin, 94, a blind veteran of the Chinese army who fought against the Japanese in World War II got his wish – to touch…

Captain Albert Jacka – The First Australian VC In World War One

By Guest Blogger James Maloney Albert Jacka was the first Australian soldier to receive the Victoria Cross during the First World War.  As a result he…

The Austrian Government Will Take Ownership Of Hitler’s Birthplace, But Debate Continues About What Should Be Done With It

Following years of wrangling and controversy, Austria’s parliament has permitted a law authorizing it to seize the house that was the birthplace of Adolf Hitler…

The Mail Plane That Hunted Japanese Planes After Pearl Harbor

On the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, there was a plane with a unique story to tell. It is one of the…

An American Soldier Who Died In The Korean War Is Identified

Army Cpl. Wayne Minard, 19, of Furley, Kansas, was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.  They were fighting…

Former German Prisoner Of War Gives Back to Town Where He Was Held Prisoner

Heinrich Steinmeyer was a 19-year-old member of Hitler’s Waffen SS when he was captured in Normandy just after D-Day in 1944. He was sent to…

The Assault On Messines Ridge – Flanders, 1917

During the First World War, Flanders became some of the most hotly contested ground in military history. Thousands upon thousands of men died in trench…