10 Amazing Recent WWII Discoveries
Seven decades after World War Two ended, artifacts from this period are still being discovered around the globe. These range from fighter airplanes in the desert…
Why were the Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan?
With President Obama’s recent visit to Hiroshima, the question is raised again: why did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb? Was it necessary to convince…
New Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam
After batting the location of a proposed Holocaust Memorial around for the past two years, the authorities in Amsterdam have finally put a peg in the…
Remains of TBM-1C Avenger Torpedo Bomber found near Palau
An American aircraft, a TBM-1C Avenger, missing since July 1944 was recently located in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau by Project…
10 Interesting Facts About Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon; a quaker, a U.S. Navy vet, a politician, a President and the man at the heart of the notorious Watergate scandal. Nixon was the…
WWI Battle of Verdun: The Battle That Was Never ‘Won’
The president of France, Francois Holland, joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the re-opening ceremony of the recently renovated museum that stands on the site…
A Veteran From WWII Meets Man He Saved From A Concentration Camp 7 Decades Ago (Watch)
It was a remarkable reunion, and one that was thankfully caught on camera. A brave World War II veteran from Colorado met with a Holocaust survivor…
12 Ways the British Army Adapted to Fighting in the Americas
Fighting in the Americas was the great challenge facing the 18th-century British army. Whether confronted with French, Spanish, native or colonial troops, they had to…
The Secrets Locked inside a Shipwrecked Trumpet
It doesn’t look like the sort of object that might contain historical secrets, locked away inside. In fact, it looks more like something you could find…
Amazing! WWII Bunker Cut In Half To Create War Memorial
Bunker 599, located in the Netherlands was cut in half and has been turned into an artistic war memorial. Originally built in 1939, the bunker…
Three Outstanding Books That Encapsulate The Battleship Age – From Seaforth
I’ve got six books about the Battle of Jutland on the ‘to do’ pile and I have to admit there is no way I will…
Remembering Sir Nicholas Winton, British “Schindler” Who Rescued Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust
Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…