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French Farmland Still Contaminated By WW1 Shells

According to an Official French Press release, a large area of northern French farmland has been banned from selling any produce until some guarantees are…

27 of the Funniest and Weirdest Pictures Of WWII

War is a terrible thing but strange and funny pictures were taken during that period too. You will find no memes or modern stuff in…

Hitler Downfall parodies: 5 Of The Best!

Downfall (Der Untergang) is a 2004 German war film, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler’s reign over Nazi Germany in 1945. The movie…

The Images of German U-Boats are Revealing and Strange

The images are eerie and ghostly to put them mildly, depicting the cramped and hostile conditions of the First World War’s most deadly ‘killing machine’.…

The Legacy of Catalina and Lake Boga Base of ‘Black Cats’ During WW2

Catalina

[Via] The nature of the Second World War was such that every nation and empire involved in the conflict threw in everything everything to win the…

CIA Publishes Classified Documents Revealing New Insights Into The Six Day War

Six Day War

[Via] At the opening of the famous Six Day war between Israel and a number of Arab countries in June 1967, the initial announcement issued…

These 5 Songs Were About The Vietnam War, Did You Know That?

Over the years war stories have been told through movies, theater, books and even songs. The 1960s brought with it musicians who wanted to voice…

WWII Catalina aircraft wreckage confirmed

Official confirmation issued by the Royal Australian Air Force confirms that the wreckage discovered in the waters near Cairns belong to Number 11 Squadron’s Catalina…

The Story of a Dog Rescue From the First World War

German UC-1-class World War I submarine Saving a helpless dog from a certain death? Certainly over a million YouTube hits on this topic in 2015,…

Miss Italy Preference to Live During the Second World War Attracts Ridicule

In this age of gifs and snippet information it is very hard to express a desire or an opinion without facing excruciating process of scrutiny…

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: five reasons why President Truman made the right decision

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was apocalyptically awful. 70 years ago today, an estimated 90,000 people were immediately killed when Little Boy detonated 1,950ft…

10 Things You May Not Know About World War I

World War I was fought from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Because many of the combatants had colonies and alliances beyond the continent, it…