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…
Churchill “Joyful” Over News of “Baby Killers of Scarborough”, Letter Reveals
A recently discovered letter reveals how former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill got excited over the news about the “baby killers of Scarborough”…
Recently discovered diary reveals brutal Nazi tactics against Jews in Lodz.
The Lodz Ghetto, or Litzmannstadt Ghetto as the Germans renamed it, came into existence in late 1939 and was intended to be a collection point…
A Look Inside Ravensbruck, the Nazis’ Death Camp for Women
Get to know the stories inside Ravensbruck, the Nazis’ death camp for women during the Second World War, as written by author Sarah Helm…
Radio Antenna Used in the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich Discovered
The radio antenna used by Czech resistance during the Second World War to plan the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the Third Reich’s most…
100 amazing images of WWII British Paratroopers – some you MAY not have seen before!
The Parachute Regiment has its origins in the elite force of Commandos set up by the British Army at the request of Winston Churchill during…
The Top Secret mission to reconstruct Fuhrerbunker in Berlin
A German museum recently started planning to reconstruct a model of Fuhrerbunker. The Fuhrerbunker was in Berlin, Germany and was situated between Brandenburg Gates and…
WWI Memorial Arch Unveiled by Prince Harry Appears “Rusty” After Just Five Months
The WWI Memorial Arch put up in Folkestone and was said to last up to one hundred years is already starting to get “rusty” after only…
Antiquier returned the lost diary to WWII veteran soldier
Veteran soldier Gordon Lecair finally received his lost diary which contained the detailed experience of his life and service during the Second World War. This…
“Sorry” seems to be the hardest word to say
As another major World War II milestone anniversary approaches later this year, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be called upon to walk the tightrope…
WWII German nuclear bunker found in Austria
A bunker has recently been found in the Austrian town of St.Georgen an der Gusen which was used during the Second World War. This bunker…