Dunkirk Veterans Look Back, on 75th Anniversary of the Evacuation
[Via] The moment a Second World War veteran rode an old Norton 16H motorbike, his excitement and enthusiasm was beaming from his face. He spoke…
The New Reich Chancellery, a look in Hitlers center of Power
In this photo series, we are taking a look at the New Reich Chancellery from it’s construction to its after-life. All pictures, except the “Afterlife”,…
49 quotes from Fury – do you remember them??!!
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened Army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and his…
Dunkirk Veterans visited Paris for 75th commemoration Ceremony of the Evacuation
The Veterans from the famous Dunkirk Evacuation are getting together in northern France to commemorate the most daring rescue in military history. They will pay…
George ‘Blood and Guts’ Patton
George Smith Patton Jr was born on the 11th November, 1885, into a family with a long record of military service. He saw action in…
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 10 Henchmen That Served Hitler and the Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler’s inner circle were the most powerful men in the Third Reich. It was a finely balanced team of military commanders, administrative leaders and…
‘The Camp Vermont’ – the civil war history of Spring Bank
It is a surprising fact that a civil war camp named Camp Vermont is not in Vermont; it is rather located in the present day…
RAF trained Soviet Pilots in a Secret Mission during WWII
Some of the Soviet airmen who came to Scotland in 1943 to undertake top-secret training at Errol Airfield, including Commander Peter Kolesnikov, front row, left.…
A WW2 Veteran is building his ‘Online Profile’ for the generations to come
[Via] In the recent decades, advancements in science and technology essentially means societies and people have to adhere to new norms in order to keep…
US Senator Howard Cannon remembered for D-Day role as Co-Pilot of a C-47
US Senator Howard Cannon who died recently has found to have played a crucial role as a paratrooper in the D-Day invasion of France during World…
Czech city of Brno remembers death march of Sudenten Germans
[Via] Brno, Czechoslovakia’s second largest city, has commemorated and apologised for a ‘death march’ which took place in the city in May 1945. At the…
Queen’s First Visit to Nazi Concentration Camp
The Queen is expected to pay a reflective and commemorative visit to the sites of Nazi death camp at Bergen-Belsen. British troops defeated the SS…