Battle of Bastogne – Easy Company – 2nd Battalion Command Post in the Bois Jacques Forrest overlooking Foy
Expert battlefield guide Reg Jans takes us into the Bois Jacques Forrest to the location of the 2nd Battalion Command Post. During the Battle for Bastogne Easy…
Goodbye, US Army Ranger, WWII and Famous Hollywood Photographer Phil Stern [1919-2014]
Phil Stern, famed Hollywood photographer responsible for some of the most iconic pictures of Hollywood and political bigwigs like Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and even…
Visitor’s guide to Corvallis, Oregon, ahead of ‘Civil War’ football clash
Corvallis is a town of around 55,000 people in Oregon, USA. There isn’t much to attract the visitor to the town, however it is host…
New Tampa Bay World War Two exhibit to feature replica German submarine
Tampa Bay History Center in Florida, USA, will be opening a new World War Two exhibit, including a 30 ft replica German submarine used during…
Mates family shares their story of World War One tragedy
Thousands of names have been etched on memorials around the world to commemorate and honour those who have given their lives to war efforts. The…
Is This the First Moving Image of a War Poet? WWI Poet Isaac Rosenberg Captured in Archive WWI Trenches Footage
The Imperial War Museum is investigating a WWI footage in its archives for the proper identification of WWI poet Isaac Rosenberg. If indeed verified that…
Veterans to commemorate 70th anniversaryof the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium
70 years ago, Carl Wiggs from Montgomery, Alabama, was 19, a Private First Class, and stuck in a hole in the middle of Belgium’s Ardennes…
World War Two Hawker Hurricane – The Facts
Known as the workhorse of World War Two, the Hawker Hurricane was part of the reason Allied forces were able to gain victory. The Hurricane…
Nuts! Gen. McAuliffe and the Battle of the Bulge
In Hitler’s final push for victory, the Battle of the Bulge involved more than 610,000 American troops from December 1944 to January 1945, with more…
Goodbye, Last of The Few and Wing Commander Roger Morewood [1916-2014]
One of the last surviving RAF pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain [collectively known as The Few] Wing Commander Roger Morewood…
Box of 1939 Illustrations with Adolf Hitler Pictures Discovered by Pensioner
Pensioner and wartime evacuee, 73-year-old Paul Leveene, discovered that the dusty box which had been in his care for forty years now contained some surprising memorabilia…
Langenstein-Zwieberge Camp, WWII Nazi Prison House, Attacked by Bulldozer
Langenstein-Zwieberge Camp, a WWII Nazi concentration bivouac, was attacked by a bulldozer operated by unknown assailants just a month after the well-known Arbeit macht frei from the Dachau…