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Environmental clean-up set to reveal US Civil War-era weapons trove

Ian Harvey
Union army

The capital city of South Carolina, Columbia, and an allied stronghold was sacked by the Union army on 17th February 1865. William Sherman, the General…

Documentary created to shed light on the unforgettable heroes of the Korean War

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Korean War

On Tuesday night on S4C, a documentary came up about the Welsh soldiers who went through the tremendous tortures during the Korean War. More than…

German Pensioner, 93, Under Investigation Over Claims of Being a Belsen SS Guard in WWII

A 93-year-old female German pensioner is under investigation over claims that she worked as a SS guard in the notorious Nazi camps Bergen-Belsen and Gross-Rosen during…

New book reveals Allied industrial efforts to feed World War Two machine

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industrial efforts

A new book by Charles K. Hyde reveals the industrial efforts that were put in place by the Allies in order to fulfil and meet…

50th anniversary of Hollywood war movie ‘The Great Escape’

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‘The Great Escape’

It is the 50th anniversary of the Hollywood World War Two movie ‘The Great Escape’ this June. The movie was based on a book telling…

The unbelievably massive Lun class ekranoplan -plane/boat/ship!!!!! (image heavy)

In 1987, the Soviets produced the first ground battle missile carrier named ‘Lun’. Lun weighed 350 tons and carried six Moskitcruise missiles which were classified…

Crystal City Internment Camp – FDR’s Secret Exchange Program

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Crystal City

Carmen Higa Mochizuki was just an eleven-year-old girl when her father, who was a poor milk seller in Peru, was arrested.   All her nine siblings,…

The Hungarian Holocaust Diaries of Maria Madi

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Maria Madi

On March 26, 1944, Maria Madi wrote that she “was going to be a witness.” Her handwritten 16 volume diary is just that as it…

World War Two B-29 pilot tells his story to US Marines

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B-29 pilot

A 92 year old World War Two B-29 pilot has visited US Marines at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego to tell them his story and…

Post-World War Two vintage flying experiences offered

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vintage flying experiences

The Douglas DC-3 aircraft is the epitome of 1940s glamour travel. Not long after World War Two had ended the DC-3 offered large cabin space,…

Abandoned submarines & check out the video!

Submarines, the hunter killer ships we all know from the first and second world war. Or the missile submarines that hide in the deep oceans,…

MUST SEE! 19 beautiful WWII images by the masters of colourisation

We are used to viewing the war in black and white. So when you get to see colourised images it brings the war to us…