Polish Construction Workers Find Hitlers Head in Gdansk!
Polish construction workers came across an unlikely piece of…art? What they found was a marble bust of Adolf Hitler. The piece was created by one…
‘Soldier bear’ statue unveiled in Edinburgh
Wojtek the ‘Soldier bear’, who served with Polish troops in the Second World war has been commemorated, fifty-two years after his death in Edinburgh zoo.…
Vietnam Helictoper Helped Save 40 Troops And For Helicopter Crewmen To Receive Medal Of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for bravery that America can bestow upon its soldiers. The medal is awarded personally by the…
The Real Men Behind Tarantino’s Famous War Flick –
Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 war film was partly based on a real story. During WWII, some Jews really did volunteer to go into Nazi-occupied Europe to engage in…
In 1943 a British pilot made an emergency landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa, only to have it surrender to him
The official story is that in June 1943, as a precursor to the Allied invasion of Sicily, the island was secured without resistance by the Royal…
Blitzkrieg, Bombs, and Blunders: “Smiling Albert” Kesselring in World War II
Albert Kesselring, also called “Uncle Albert” by his troops and “Smiling Albert” by Allied forces, was a German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) and life-long military man.…
Learning From History: Belgian WWI Refugees in Britain
Over 100 years ago a refugee crisis was going on in Europe that mirrors what is happening in our own time. People were fleeing Russia,…
The Mystery of Hitler’s ‘Werewolf Bunker’
Hitler’s ambitious campaign of dominating the European continent gave us the horrors of the death camps and a deadly World War; it also left us…
“The Auschwitz Goalkeeper” At Age 98 Receives a £20,000 Car Insurance Quote
A World War Two veteran and Auschwitz survivor has been denied the chance to continue driving his car due to high insurance premiums. At the…
Musical Instruments Recovered from War to Play Again in Exhibition
War Damaged Musical Instruments is a sound installation coming to the Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries this November until 5th April 2016. The installation by artist…
Wars Of Napoleon Give Away!
AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest…
Mystery of Three US Airmen Who Vanished in Malayan Jungle Finally Solved after 70 Years
Just a few months after the end of the Second World War, three United States airmen took off from Singapore in a military transport plane.…