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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…

Card game scrutinised by Polish government for incorrect war reference

Polish government

In a World War Two faux pas, US toy maker Mattel has printed the words Nazi Poland on cards in a new game it has…

NEATH VERDUN – Review by Chris Buckham

This book is a reproduction of the author’s diary running for the first few weeks of World War 1    (25 August – 4 October, 1914).…

Goering’s daughter tries to reclaim family estate

Goering

[Via] Edda Goering, the daughter of Hitler’s right-hand man Hermann Goering, has lost her battle to try to recoup funds the family had taken away…

TIGER, TIGER – BURNING BRIGHT – By Mark Barnes

The WHO team attended Tiger Day at the Tank Museum, Bovington, where the film stars of Fury! the unique running Tiger 131 and the classic…

One hundred years of chemical warfare

chemical warfare

Chemical warfare began one hundred years ago during World War One and was first used by the Germans fighting against the French on Flanders Field.…