Goodbye, WWII RAF Squadron Leader Harvey Nelson Sweetman [1921-2015]
Harvey Nelson Sweetman, a WWII Squadron Leader who served with the Royal Air Force’s 486 [NZ] Squadron during the said conflict, passed away Thursday, January 15. The…
UC-42’s Final Resting Place
Oberleutnant zur See Hans Muller had just been promoted to his first command. He would be taking over one of the German Imperial Navy’s most…
WWII Japanese Hand Grenade Stored in Garage for Over a Decade Detonated by Bomb Squad
Oklahoma City – Rick Young learned the lesson of not assuming anything the “explosive” way when he discovered a live WWII Japanese hand grenade sitting inside…
Grandmother receives three war medals after 70 years
Rosana Banti is about to turn 90 years old and is finally receiving recognition for helping with the Resistance. Banti will be presented with…
Peter Jackson Assisting in the Opening of a WWI Museum After Wrapping Up “The Hobbit” Trilogy
After wrapping up his The Hobbit trilogy, director Peter Jackson said in a recent interview that he is channeling his energy into assisting the launching of a…
Sir Barnes Wallis and the Stratosphere Chamber
Sir Arthur Harris, Commanding Officer of Bomber Command during World War II, referred to Sir Barnes Wallis as a genius. He was clearly one of…
NSA Releases Vietnam War Reports of China Capturing US Soldiers
In an effort to resolve Missing in Action cases, the US National Security Agency (NSA) continues to review more than 7.5 million reports and documents…
The Drive to Save WWII Tales Becoming Urgent – Historians
United States of America – There is a growing recognition among many historians that first-hand WWII tales – stories from the men and women who…
People paid £30 to be the prisoner of war in Nazi theme camp
In Britain during the 1980s a holiday camp was set up at an unused hospital at Weyhill, near Andover in Hampshire. The basic concern of…
WWII Dambusters memorabilia will be auctioned this month
During the Second World War the Allied power started their bombing mission against Germany and they targeted the dams of the Ruhr. For this mission…
Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm in the Egyptian Red Sea
By Super Jolly for War History Online: Underwater for 68 years, a snap shot in time and beautifully preserved WWII cargo so desperately needed by Allied…
Meet Olive Bailey, the Woman Who Worked with Alan Turing Cracking Nazi Codes during WWII
Olive Bailey was only a young woman when she worked in Bletchley Park during the Second World War but at 94, she remembers it all like…