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Extraordinary story: German & British air crew shoot each other down, then meet to help each other survive

Colin Fraser

Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…

Historian Dan Snow to Hold Free WWI Talk at The King’s School

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The King’s School administration is inviting everyone, especially students and school staff, to a free lecture on the WWI centenary and school commemorations by well-known…

35 images of the WWII exhibition of Nazi war trophies in Gorky Park but we need your help…

Jack Beckett

  Now we need your help to caption these images. We know most of them but happy to throw it out to you guys too.…

Goodbye, USS Arizona’s Oldest Living Crew Member Joseph Langdell!

Yuba City, California – Battleship USS Arizona’s oldest living crew member and is tallied to be the last surviving officer of the naval ship which lost about 1,177 men during…

Bet You Didn’t Know…[Little Known Curious Facts about WWII]

Bet you didn’t know… Here’s a list of little known curious facts about the Second World War. Why not read and find out how much…

Last of the German Troops to Surrender – May 13th 1945

Ian Harvey
Nazi Troops

Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, commander of Germany’s Wehrmacht, signed the surrender agreement with Allied forces on 7th May, 1945. The agreement declared that all Nazi troops…

Daring RAF pilot who dropped the Flag of France on occupied Paris

  Images Used (From Left): (1) Alfred ‘Ken’ Gatward, the daring RAF pilot (2) Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté who devised…

Bet You Didn’t Know…[Little Known Interesting Facts about WWI]

Bet you didn’t know… Here’s a list of little known yet very interesting facts about the century-old First World War, the first conflict fought on…

Sound Mirrors – Pre-radar Early Warning System

Ian Harvey
Sound Mirrors

When Kaiser Wilhelm II signed off on a bombing campaign against England on January 7, 1915, he was careful to exclude London in order to…

Cold War missile Delivered to London for New Exhibition

Ian Harvey
Cold War missile

A Cold War missile and its launcher have been installed at the Hayward Gallery in central London as part of a new exhibition called “History…

World War Two Bullet Containing Nazi Message Found

Ian Harvey
World War Two Bullet

A World War Two bullet containing a message from Nazi troops has been found on the site of a battlefield in Italy. In the late…

MUST READ: Murmansk – The Cruiser That Never Gave Up

Jack Beckett

The Murmansk was a Soviet light cruiser project no. 68-bis. It was part of the Soviet (and later, the Russian) Navy’s Northern Fleet. Construction began…