Second World War code breaker dies at age 91
Harriet Jackson never told her family that she was a code breaker and that she actually helped to shorten the world war. She worked at…
The Christmas Truce of 1914 – When Germans entertained the British by Dressed Up in women’s clothes!
When the world was going through the most devastating war in the history of mankind in 1914, it was then that soldiers of the two biggest…
The War Film Wave Ascends Again with “Unbroken”, “Fury”
The war film wave has been in existence ever since movie makers have decided wars were a theme interesting to be portrayed on films but…
Fifteen years of Foyle’s War
Fifteen years ago, Anthony Horowitz thought about writing a detective series named The Blitz Detective. He wanted to name its main character George Ransom and…
The German camera from World War II found by a Royal Marine
On November 1, 1944, Arthur Thompson, a Royal Marine from Herney Bay in Kent, came across a German camera during the allied operation to liberate…
Goodbye, Decorated Tuskegee Airmen Clarence Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey Who Died on the Same Day
Clarence Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey, both members of the famed all-black squadron during WWII – the Tuskegee Airmen – and lifelong friends who joined…
Ten Most Senseless Wars of All Time
Images used (Clockwise from top left): (1) Sultan Kalid Barghash of Zazibar who ruled from August 25 to August 27, 1896 (2) The French forces…
World War II centenarian veteran’s award ceremony disrupted
A US Second World War navy veteran was faced with a frustrated crowd during his award ceremony. The south east campus of Portland Community College…
Wroclaw University took 80 long years to reconfer the stripped academic degree to the German Jews
After 80 years of severe perseverance, the Jews of Germany will receive their lost educational qualification that was removed by the Nazi Germans. Wroclaw University…
Food Rationing and Rationing Tips from the WWII-Era
When we speak of WWII, we think gruesome battles, the war technologies used and all the lives lost in its horrors; but do we also…
WWII Bomb “Blown Up” at Clissold Park, Hackney After Civilian Dug It Up from his Property
A WWII bomb was “blown up” by the authorities at Clissold Park in Hackney after a civilian dug it up while he was gardening in…
Revisiting HBO’s “The Pacific” and John Basilone
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone is one of what has come to be known as the “Greatest Generation”, the group of men and women who went…