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New Video: The Piggyback Flight, a Story of Heroism, Courage & Strength

Piggyback Flight: On New Year’s Eve 1944, German onlookers saw what appeared to be a secret weapon flying over their heads. Seemingly an aircraft of…

Project ’44 – Mapping the European Theater of Operations

Project ’44 – Have you ever wanted to explore the battlefields of Second World War Europe from the comfort of your own home? Or maybe…

Alligator Believed to Belong to Adolf Dies in Moscow Aged 84

Ian Harvey

It is a long way from Mississippi in the USA to Moscow in Russia, but that is the unlikely journey made by an alligator, hatched…

Red Cross Founder’s Story Shows How Crisis Can Bring Out Our Humanity

Have you heard of Henri Dunant? If not, it’s okay. The happy few who can identify Henri Dunant as the founder of the Red Cross…

Secret Documents Discovered That Could be The NKVD ‘Katyn’ Hit List

Ian Harvey

The Katyn Massacre was tragic war crime committed by the Soviet Union during World War II. Historians believe that they are closer to understanding the…

Witold Pilecki: The Inspiring Story of the Polish Spy Who Took on the Third Reich

Like many of the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising, nearly no one in the Anglosphere has ever heard of Witold Pilecki, a deeply Catholic member of the…

The Race to Bastogne

It sounded at first like a thunderstorm, distant, rumbling. Then the ground began to shake as grinding columns of tanks and tracked transports finally emerged…

Fantastic News: DDay Hero Kicks Covid-19 Into Touch

Ian Harvey

Massachusetts resident Arthur ‘Mac’ McIntosh is looking forward to celebrating his 101st birthday with his family following his recovery from the respiratory disease Covid-19. The…

Frederick Kroesen Commanded Troops in WW2, Korea, & Vietnam, Dead at 97

Retired General Frederick Kroesen passed away on April 20, 2020, at the age of 97. He fought in Germany during World War II and fought…

Capt Tom Moore to be Knighted by the Queen After Raising £33m for NHS

Ian Harvey

When Captain Tom Moore started walking laps of his garden on the 6th April 2020, he had no idea that his fundraising campaign for the…

Prague Revamp Reveals Jewish Gravestones Used as Cobblestones

Ian Harvey

Redevelopment work being undertaken in Prague has revealed a gruesome secret. Many of the paving stones that have been listed have been found to have…

Police Swoop on a ‘Suspicious’ Medieval Swordsman…He Was Doing Daily Exercise

Ian Harvey

Police were called to a park at Hendre Lake in St. Mellons, Cardiff, Wales, UK. They had received a disturbing report of a medieval swordsman…