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Discovered in Germany Jeep Hoods Used to Repair a Ceiling after WW2

Ian Harvey

After the end of World War II a lot of dust had to settle before serious rebuilding could take place. There were material and food…

Underground Hideout for a Jewish Tailor Discovered on a farm in Poland

Ian Harvey

There are innumerable tales of sadness and horror surrounding World War II, particularly regarding the fate of the Jews, whom Adolf Hitler treated unmercifully and…

SAS Veterans Win a Five-Year Fight to Save Their Clubhouse After Outrageous Rent Demands

Ian Harvey

The Special Air Service (SAS) has seen off the UK’s National Rifle Association (NRA) in a standoff over their veterans’ clubhouse. The Artists Rifles Clubhouse…

Return 107-Year-Old Painting, Stolen By the Nazis During WW2

Ian Harvey

One of the casualties of World War II that gets less attention than the human plight it created is the theft of many important works…

Navy Launches Another $4.24 Billion Destroyer

Ian Harvey

The U.S. Navy announced the recent launch of the final Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Maine.  It is the…

Royal Fail At the Royal Mail: “Best of British” Stamp Collection Confusing D-Day Beaches With Indonesia

Ian Harvey

In a modern world of instant, online messages and swift, online criticism, it didn’t take long for folks to notice the giant gaffe made by…

US Marine’s Remains Identified 77 Years After He Was Killed at Pearl Harbor

Ian Harvey

US Marine Jack Cremean was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. He was providing security on the USS Oklahoma when…

USA’s Oldest WWII Veteran Richard Overton Dies at 112

Ian Harvey

On May 3rd, 2016, a week before his 110th birthday, Richard Overton became the USA’s oldest living WWII veteran. The 112-year-old African-American veteran was hospitalized…

WW2 Continues: Bombs & Mines Threaten Safety of People in Estonia

Ian Harvey

Even when wars end and gunfire is silenced, their reverberations carry on for years, sometimes for decades. Conflicts like World War II leave scars that…

Man Arrested for Using Civil War Cannon in Neighbor Dispute – Like One Does

Ian Harvey

In this heavily populated world where much of the human population lives cheek by jowl in cities, it is not uncommon to find a neighbor…

Loose Change Nearly Cost Him His Life – But It Saved Him

Ian Harvey

Optatius Buyssens was on a reconnaissance mission near the Belgian town of Lebbeke in September 1914. The sound of loose change in his pocket attracted…

The Pinks & Greens Are Back: US Army Announces New Uniforms Based On Iconic WWII Design

Ian Harvey

On Veterans Day, the US Army made the announcement that they are returning to a uniform it issued during World War II. The uniform, then…