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New Enigma Code Documents Discovered at Bletchley Park

Enigma Code

Alan Turing, the famous World War Two British Engima code breaker, is said to have had notes and documents stuffed into the wall cavities of…

World War Two Dresden Bombings Leave Lasting Impressions

Dresden

On February 13, 1945, Dresden in East Germany was hit by an overwhelming Allied bombing raid. First the British Royal Air Force dropped more than…

The Yalta Conference: Seventy Years Later

Yalta Conference

In one meeting the groundwork was laid for the Cold War The Fourth of February, 1945 was as good a day as any for a…

Last Surviving Officer of the USS Arizona Passes Away at 100

WWII Veteran

The last surviving officer of the USS Arizona has passed away Joe Langdell was renowned for his life-stories. His life had been an adventurous one,…

Protests Force Rechristening of Nazi War Criminal Named Ship

Jewish Protests

Want to cause a disturbance? Name a ship after a Nazi and land it where there is a large Jewish populace The Dutch are known for…

Battle of Waterloo Bicentenary Event to Include Scots Greys

A Battle of Waterloo bicentenary commemoration event will take place this summer in Belgium. The commemoration will be a re-enactment of the battle, with more…

The “Glorious Glosters” Greatest Battle – When 650 Glosters were up against 10.000 Chinese

Glorious Glosters

Unique in all the British Army, the “Glorious Glosters” wear badges on the front and the rear of their berets.  This right was earned in…

The Fishing Trawler ‘Viola’ that Fought in World War One

Viola

She was named for Shakespeare’s deceptive protagonist in The Twelfth Night, and she proved that looks can be deceiving when it comes to fishing trawlers…

British commandos in X-Craft Submarines Showed D-Day Troops the Way

British commandos

A secret World War Two mission has been revealed in which ten British commandos manning tiny X-craft submarines guided the massive D-Day offensive. Ten commandos…

World War One Captain Returned to Prisoner of War Camp of Own Accord

Prisoner of War Camp

During World War One a British Army captain who was being held as a prisoner of war in Germany was given permission to leave and…

Exploding RATS and Anti-Tank Dogs, a list of the strangest weapons of WWII

World War Two required production of weapons on a massive scale. The war was also a time when weapons research and development took center stage.…

2013: TIGER IN THE TANK – Historians Find Body Of German War Hero Kurt Knispel

Kurt Knispel is considered to be the world’s greatest tank ace. The German war hero had 168 confirmed and 195 unconfirmed kills in World War…