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New Search for Missing RAF Air Crew

Missing RAF Air Crew

A new search has been instigated by the families of missing RAF air crew members whose plane crashed in northern Germany during World War Two…

Napoleon’s Fate Could Have Been in America

Napoleon

After Napoleon was defeated by the British and Allied troops at the Battle of Waterloo in the early 1800s, he was forced to abdicate his…

Iconic Statue Unveiled to Commemorate WWI Christmas Truce

  Image Used: ‘All Together Now’, a sculpture by Andy Edwards commemorating the ‘WWI Christmas Truce’ on display at St Luke’s Church near Goodison Park…

The Kamikazi V1 Meant to Destroy London

Kamikazi V1

There is much to be said about the mind of Hitler. He was certainly a madman with insanely ingenious ideas that shored up his short-lived…

Fake Trees of WWI that Spied on and Killed Enemy Troops

Man’s ingenuity would reach new heights when it started to successfully deploy killer camouflage In 1916, a soldier in WWI could expect to wake up…

Historic Photo of the Iwo Jima Flag Raising on Its 70th Year

The historic photo of the Iwo Jima flag raising – one of the most iconic images of wartime history – is turning 70 this year. This…

Exhibition to Showcase 500 Years of English War History

War History

Military artefacts and regalia from more than 500 years of English war history will be on display at a new exhibition at Smithills Hall in…

Mass Japanese War Grave Uncovered on a Pacific island

War Grave

Japanese soldiers from World War Two were buried in a mass war grave on the small Pacific Island of Peleliu at the end of the fighting. The…

Engineer Undertakes Restoration of WWII Torpedo Boat 219

“Priceless piece of Britain’s maritime history” — that’s how Sommerset engineer Paul Childs describes his latest restoration project, the WWII Torpedo Boat 219. Though many has…

Greek Demands for WWII Reparations Rejected by Germany

Few nations have been more picked on in modern history than Germany. After it’s defeat in WWII, it was divided up by victorious Allied nations…

Missing German soldiers to be given proper burials

German soldiers

German soldiers who were missing and buried in the devastation of one of the last battles of World War Two are being recovered and given…

WWII Stories: Remembering the Abomination that was the Battle of Manila

  On February 15 some seventy years ago, many lost their lives during the notorious Battle of Manila — the war waged between the American forces…