April 28, 1945: The Death of Mussolini
On the 28th of April 1945, Benito Mussolini died. The leader of Fascist Italy and longest-ruling of the right-wing dictators who brought destruction to 20th…
Statue commemorating ‘Comfort Women’ causes a spat between Korean and Japanese communities.
The issue of the enforced prostitution of Korean, Chinese, Dutch and Australian women by the Japanese during WWII has once again caused a war of…
10 Facts: Reinhard Heydrich – The Man With The Iron Heart
Unless you are a WWII aficionado, it’s likely you don’t have all the facts about every Nazi official memorized. However, every individual who played a…
10 Most Evil Nazis (Watch)
The Holocaust, murdering of millions of civilians and prisoners of war, the attempted annihilation of the Jewish face from Europe the forced eviction of millions of…
5 Lesser Known Concentration Camps From The Holocaust
The extensive list of active concentration camps used by the Nazis in World War Two would be too long to write. The major camp names…
How 50 German Sailors sailed, marched and rowed home from a tiny island halfway around the world
The Keeling Islands are little more than overgrown coral reefs, but in 1914 they saw the beginning of one the most epic adventure stories of…
Recently Discovered Escape Tunnel is a Tribute the Bravery and Determination of these Survivors
In the most terrible situations, such as to the horrors of wartime atrocities and massacres, it is amazing how certain people manage to hold on…
Top Secret Z-Force – Heroic Actions of Elite Australian WW2 Unit Revealed and Commemorated at Last
In 2014, anthropologist Dr. Christine Helliwell was conducting field research with the Diak tribespeople who live in the in the highlands of Malaysian Borneo, near…
A Look at the Life of Elie Wiesel, Writer, Holocaust Survivor, Campaigner, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Elie Wiesel died in July this year. He was 87 years old. After becoming a best-selling author with his memoirs of his time in Auschwitz…
Midway: The Turning Point in the Pacific
The Battle of Midway (3rd to 7th June 1942) was the single most decisive encounter in the Pacific theater of World War Two. A clash…
The Battle of Berestechko That Began The Swеdish Deluge
The Battle of Berestechko would be a fight against a massive revolt. Although the victory would give a chance for King John Casimir to end…
The “D-Day Dodgers” Who Avoided The Normandy Landings Fought And Won In The Brutal Italian Campaign
A group of British soldiers referred to themselves as the “D-Day Dodgers” because they did not participate in the landings at Normandy in 1944. Instead,…