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Dame Vera Lynn To Receive Another Honor For Her 80 Years Of Charity Work

“We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day,” crackled out over the radio during WWII.…

MATILDA DIARIES Part 5 – Follow The Renovation Of This Historic Second World War Tank

Following on from the news regarding the Matilda II renovation, a new series of videos are being produced for The Tank Museum’s YouTube channel that…

The Netherlands Reshapes Its Understanding of History With Holocaust Museum and Memorial

The diary of Anne Frank has been the main focus for people considering the Netherlands’ role in World War II. Her story of hiding from…

Decorated WWII Nurse Shares Her Story

Marcella LeBeau is keeping the history of World War II alive. She is a decorated war nurse who still shares her story today. She said, “War isn’t…

WWII bombs found in Volkswagen factory

More than 75 years after WWII, workers at the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Manufacturing Plant in Germany do not expect to have sudden reminders of the event…

Fallout Shelter Provisions Found on Top of School Dormitory

On the roof of Aber Hall dormitory on the campus of the University of Montana, there is a small storage room. Inside, there are crates…

Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge – Official Trailer – It looks good!

Hacksaw Ridge is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss, played by Andrew Garfield, who, during one of the bloodiest battles of WWII, saved 75…

TON-UP LANCS – A Photographic Record of the 35 RAF Lancasters That Each Completed 100 Sorties – Review by Mark Barnes

I will put it straight out there and say I don’t hold with any notions of guilt or contrition for the British bombing offensive against…

Finding Unexploded Bombs in Germany

The neighborhood of Rummelsburg, which sits about a mile from where the Berlin Wall once ran through Berlin, was evacuated this week when construction workers…

U.S. Air Force Seeks A-10 Warthog Replacement

Lieutenant General Mike Holmes, the U.S. deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, says that the Air Force is looking at the future…

75th Commemorative Jeep built at Toledo

On the 15th July 1941, the US government awarded Willys-Overland a contract to supply 18,000 Willys MB’s to the military.  This little Go-anywhere, do-anything vehicle…

He Survived 25 Missions As A B-17 Tail Gunner, Then Voluteered For More!

John Andre (née Andrejansky), from a family of 14 children, grew up on a dairy farm in Stonersville in Berks County, Pennsylvania. As a young…