Congress Says Goodbye To Its Last World War II Vets
WWII veterans 88-year-old Michigan Democrat John Dingell and 91-year-old Republican Ralph Hall of Texas are both due to leave Congress at the end of the…
“Germany 1945 – The Last Months of the War” Exhibit in Berlin Puts in Mind the Last Months of WWII
Germany 1945 – The Last Months of the War, an exhibit in the Topographie des Terrors Museum in Berlin, shows the grimness of the last months…
Easy company member haunted by Bastogne weather
Every winter, Paul Rogers applies his own standard of measure onto the cold. The weather was glacial during the 29 days he and his comrades…
Remembering the Berlin Wall with the 10 Best Cold War Novels
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, making this year the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the iconic fence that separated Western Germany…
Report provides insight into intelligent robotic systems
The Department of Defense (DoD) believes that due to technological advances, it is just a matter of time before wars will be controlled using weapons…
Meet the Man Who Earns a Living as a Professional Hitler Look-A-Like: Emin Djinovci
Unbelievable but true — a man in Mitrovica, Kosovo earns his living as the professional look-a-like of the notorious German dictator Adolf Hitler and even…
US NAVY PC 566 COMMANDER CLAUDIUS FINALLY REWARDED FOR U-BOAT SINKING
On 30th July 1942, the passenger ship Robert E. Lee was sailing to New Orleans with survivors from the U-boat attacks. In the Gulf of…
Remembering the Berlin Wall with the 10 Best Cold War Novels
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, making this year the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the iconic fence that separated Western Germany…
Burma Boy story brought home to Nigeria
Barnaby Phillips, a correspondent with Al Jazeera, was in Nigeria to launch his book, Another Man’s War. The book was based on his 2011 documentary…
Rumours surround Ireland’s upcoming Holocaust Memorial Day
According to Yad Vashem, the World Center for Holocaust Research in Israel have banned representatives from Israel from attending a Holocaust Memorial Day in January…
Divers explore World War II HMS Olympus wreck
HMS Olympus is an Odin-class British submarine built in the 1920s and sunk in 1942 by an enemy mine. It is now being explored by…
Undetonated World War II bomb found in Potsdam
Up to 10,000 people were evacuated from central Potsdam, Germany this week after construction workers came across an undetonated World War II bomb. The bomb…