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Celebrating VE Day: Remarkable Facts and Quotes from WWII

May 8, 1945 – Victory in Europe or VE Day was officially declared, a symbol of the end to Hitler’s war.  VE Day that year…

SAS commemorative war diary goes on sale

SAS

A Special Air Service (SAS) war diary from World War Two has been published in a limited edition of 1000 copies and is available for…

Polish government criticises US after World War Two comments

Ian Harvey
Polish government

The United States’ director of the FBI has come under criticism from the Polish government after he made comments related to World War Two. James…

The cigarette case that saved a soldiers life goes on display in Dublin

One hundred years since the Allied attack at Gallipoli two new Dublin exhibitions in Ireland are showcasing a range of items as well as photographs from the…

A controversial initiative: restoring Hitler’s bunker for tourists

The Führerbunker. Image Courtesy of Wikipedia A German museum plans to rebuild the bunker from Berlin where Adolf Hitler spent his last days during the Second…

VE celebrations in Britain will recreate the moments of the VE-day 70 years ago

VE-day

Starting from May 8, events and celebrations commemorating 70th anniversary of the end of the WWII, will be held for three days. During these events…

World War One veteran faces up to not killing Hitler

World War One veteran

Henry Tandey [Via] Henry Tandey, a World War One veteran, claims to have let Adolf Hitler walk away, after coming face to face with him…

Top 10 Greatest Military Blunders of WWII [WATCH]

Why did the Allies win the Second World War? Did they have the best soldiers, or the best generals, or the most powerful weapons? Did…

HMS Repulse is under attack again, this time by scrap metal dealers who rig the war grave with EXPLOSIVES

HMS Repulse in the 1920s The wreck of a World War Two British battleship is being ravaged by scrap metal dealers who are gradually pulling…

Pacific veterans return to World War Two battle sites

Retired Lt. Col. Kenneth “Scooter” Barclay is seen during a recent tour of World War II battlefields with The Greatest Generations Foundation. 70 years after…

Seventy years since Allied POWs forced to march across Germany

Allied POWs

Seventy years ago 10,000 Allied POWs were forced to march hundreds of kilometres across Germany as the Nazis made their last attempts to salvage any small…

Czech leader will attend Putin’s VE Day commemorations but will also honor the Czechs that fought WITH the Nazi’s against the USSR

VE Day commemorations

General Andrei Vlasov, leader of the Nazi-allied Russian Liberation Army Russia is planning three days of VE Day commemorations this year. However the plans have…