RAF trained Soviet Pilots in a Secret Mission during WWII
Some of the Soviet airmen who came to Scotland in 1943 to undertake top-secret training at Errol Airfield, including Commander Peter Kolesnikov, front row, left.…
A WW2 Veteran is building his ‘Online Profile’ for the generations to come
[Via] In the recent decades, advancements in science and technology essentially means societies and people have to adhere to new norms in order to keep…
TAKE ME TO FRANCE – Review by Mark Barnes
There is an endless debate in the UK about how so many people from here make little or no effort to learn a foreign language. …
America’s First Victory Against the German Army Was 97 Years Ago Today
By Matthew J. Davenport, author of First Over There:The Attack on Cantigny, America’s First Battle of World War I (St. Martin’s Press, released May 12,…
US Senator Howard Cannon remembered for D-Day role as Co-Pilot of a C-47
US Senator Howard Cannon who died recently has found to have played a crucial role as a paratrooper in the D-Day invasion of France during World…
Czech city of Brno remembers death march of Sudenten Germans
[Via] Brno, Czechoslovakia’s second largest city, has commemorated and apologised for a ‘death march’ which took place in the city in May 1945. At the…
Queen’s First Visit to Nazi Concentration Camp
The Queen is expected to pay a reflective and commemorative visit to the sites of Nazi death camp at Bergen-Belsen. British troops defeated the SS…
VE Day was the start of a Cold War battle for Lithuania
A military parade during celebrations in the Soviet Union in 1983 of the anniversary of the October Revolution, via Wikipedia Even though VE Day marked…
Vietnam war Reenactment – a documentary about war mockers
War games make sense, conducted to reenact the war scenarios to provide the troops with an opportunity to assess their abilities and skills. These war…
Hitlers Horses from the New Reich Chancellery recovered by German Authorities
Image via Wikipedia After decades of disappearance in the complex and in some cases impenetrable art black market, some historical relics belonging to Adolf Hitler’s Third…
How the movie ‘The Downfall’ changed the way we think about evil
Without a doubt, acting is an art; the best among the lot is the one who could literally immerse in the character he/she is trying…
CHINDIT Versus JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN – Review by Phil Hodges
They say”Never judge a book by its cover.”Well I don’t agree with that. Especially when I’ve an Osprey Book in front of me. In fact…