What Did WWII France Do to Save French Jews?
There are people who believe that the government of France did little to save French Jews during the Second World War, that France simply let…
Royal Princes Regret Not Fighting WWI
When they were still royal princes, future kings George VI and Edward VIII wrote letters describing their regrets about not being able to fight in…
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union and Churchill Pledges Support
June 22th marks the anniversary of the British pledge to aid the Russians in stopping a German assault on Russian soil. It is also the…
World War Two Battle of Saipan Re-enacted Seventy Years Later
Seventy years after the Battle of Saipan was fought as part of World War Two, it was re-enacted as part of this year’s celebration in…
Second World War and Crystal Meth: Hitler Was A Drug Addict?
According to information from a new finding, Adolf Hitler may have been a drug addict and that may have affected his state of mind during…
Restoration of the Matilda Battle Tank
The memories of the World War II etched in the minds of veterans are fading as we get deeper into the 21st century. To keep…
World War Two:Japanese Balloon Bomb Discovered Near Lumby, British Columbia
An unexploded bomb dating back to World War Two was discovered nearby Lumby seven decades after the war was fought. Lumby is a small Canadian…
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Modern Implications of Waterloo
Early in the nineteenth century, Napoleon Bonaparte suffered defeat at the hands of Duke Wellington and his forces at the Battle of Waterloo. According to…
Richard Wagner and the Third Reich
Many comparisons can be drawn between Richard Wagner and Adolf Hitler. Both are regarded as strongly anti-Semitic, and both believed that German culture needed to…
War Criminals of WWII Japan Confess Their Crimes
Of all historic conflicts, WWII may be most associated with war criminals. Vicious wrongdoings were in abundance as the Allies fought tooth and nail to…
WWII Veteran and Olympic Runner Louis Zamperini Dies of Pneumonia
Louis Zamperini was a veteran of the Second World War. He left his career as an Olympic runner to fly for the Allied forces, but…
Russian Embassy Awards British WWII Arctic Convoy Veterans with the Ushakov Medal
The Russian embassy awarded 30 British World War II veterans with the Ushakov medal. The medals were presented by the Russian embassy’s defense attaché Captain…