Christmas cake for WWI Australian troops
On the centenary of World War I, Australia remembers its 50,000 Australian troops who spent their first Christmas away from home fighting for the Allies.…
A Malaysian Navy Ship Catches Scrap Divers Taking Metal Parts From The Wrecks of Two WWII Battleships
In December 1941 the Royal Navy lost the battlecruiser HMS Repulse and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales off Malaya when they were attacked by…
Nazi commando’s post-war life story reveals he settled in Ireland
Otto Skorzeny was the Nazi’s top commando during World War II. Known as Scarface due to a large facial scar on his left cheek, he…
A secret Nazi bunker used for nuclear research has been discovered
A factory used by the Nazis during the war has hidden a secret entrance to an underground nuclear facility and secret Nazi bunker in northern…
Online game based on World War I’s Battle of Verdun features Christmas Day Truce
Verdun is an online video game where multiple players can take part in the fighting of World War I. The idea for the game was…
Top Ten Anniversaries for 2015 by the English Heritage
Here is the English Heritage’s top ten anniversaries set to be celebrated this year 2015 [events are arranged from the oldest]. Viking Invasion of England by…
So what happened to these Argentine Shermans? FORTY images may just tell us!!!
In the late 1940’s, Argentina bought nearly 450 M4 Sherman’s from Belgium in many british variants, over 250 of them were the Firefly version, with…
70 years on, Christmas during the Battle of the Bulge is remembered
The Battle of the Bulge began in the middle of December 1944. Allied troops were holding the vital town of Bastogne in the south of…
US Public Relations Firm Hired by Nazi Germany to Spread Favorable Propaganda
In 1933, the US based public relations firm of Carl Byoir and associates were contracted by the German Railroads Information Bureau, which was a state sponsored…
The Top Five War Flicks of 2014
2014 may be the year of science fiction movies with films like Interstellar and Guardians of the Galaxy, among so many others, dominating the box office but 2014 did not…
The German Invasion of the Netherlands – May 1940 in Pictures
In the morning of May 10th 1940 the German Army invaded the Netherlands. Below are a set of pictures that were taken by the accompanying…
World War I veteran recalls Christmas Day Truce of 1914
A never before heard audio recording of an interview with a World War I veteran who experienced the Christmas Day Truce in 1914 has been recovered. The…