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WWII Commando Unit Devil’s Brigade Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls4CsWgLEGU The US Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal – the highest civilian award – to the surviving members of the WWII commando unit Devil’s…

WWII veteran pilot surprised to see the tail of his battered P-47

Ian Harvey
WWII veteran

93 years old WWII veteran pilot Charlie Screws got an opportunity to be reunited with the tail of his damaged fighter plane.  On 29th January…

70th Anniversary of Operation Frankton Commemorated

Ian Harvey
Operation Frankton

70 years ago the British Royal Marines took part in a small, but vital, mission known as Operation Frankton, which was destined to move the…

Ten Disturbing War History Urban Legends

There’s a grain of truth in every urban legend and with that said, here are ten disturbing urban legends that rose up throughout the history…

Ingenious Word War Two Women use German Parachute for Making Underwear

Ian Harvey
German Parachute

The women of a small British village called Earlswood in Warwickshire showed wartime ingenuity to make underwear out of a German parachute, according to a…

Germany’s Luftwaffe Bombing of Britain

Ian Harvey
Germany’s Luftwaffe

In August 1940 Germany’s Luftwaffe undertook a mission to bomb numerous RAF airfields.  Their mission, however, went drastically wrong. They bombed off-target and hit many…

Hitler’s bunker – command center and home away from home

Ian Harvey

Fifty feet below Berlin’s former Reich Chancellery and a few minutes from Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin was Hitler’s bunker or Führer bunker. In the…

WWII veteran recalls a touching experience during the Battle of the Bulge and discovers the crucifix that changed his life forever.

Reg Jans

Reg Jans-Battle of the Bulge Historian “I have been returning to Bastogne for the last thirty six years”, recalls US veteran John Primerano from Exeter,…

THE REAL BURGER KING- Fifty three years after the war, WWII veteran receives an unexpected phone call.

Reg Jans

By Reg Jans-Battle of the Bulge Historian After having served in the 667th FAB-Headquarters during the Battle of the Bulge and Rheinland campaign, Corporal E.…

World War Two ship wrecks prove increasingly profitable

Ian Harvey
World War Two ship wrecks

World War Two ship wrecks, including hundreds of vessels from battleships to submarines, commercial vessels and sailing boats all sunk during the naval battles of…

WWII Stories: The Nazis’ Dolls

Accordingly, German dictator Adolf Hitler allowed the making of sex dolls for his massive Nazi army during the Second World War to combat syphilis [he…

Kwajalein to celebrate the 71st anniversary of “Operation Flintlock” with the one and only veteran of the war

Ian Harvey
“Operation Flintlock”

The Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein is going to commemorate the 71st anniversary of “Operation Flintlock”, the battle for Kwajalein Atoll. The military contractors at…