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Hitler’s Assault on Poland – How World War TwoStarted

Ian Harvey
World War Two

On September 1 1939, German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarded the Polish fort of Westerplatte in a conflict that came to be known as the battle of…

Gallipoli Battlefield Investigation Complete

Ian Harvey
Gallipoli Battlefield

A team of researchers, historians, and archaeologists from three countries has just completed the largest investigation of the Gallipoli battlefield to date.  The project, which…

A Gallipoli Gunboat Is To Be Opened To the Public for a Centennial Commemoration

Ian Harvey
Gallipoli Gunboat

The only boat to have survived the battles in Gallipoli, a British vessel, is to be unveiled and open to the public for the very…

Second World War: Warsaw Uprising Given Sound and Colour

Ian Harvey
Second World War

World War II’s Warsaw Uprising has been given sound and colour. The Second World War footage that was shot in black-and-white with no audio has…

Nazi Files Uncovered: Veterans Established an Illegal Army

Ian Harvey
Nazi Files

It has been uncovered that manuscripts and documents had been created by Nazi Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS former members, describing and finalizing a secretive army which…

Last Surviving D-Day Tank Carrier Raised for Restoration

Ian Harvey
D-Day

Landfall, or LCT 7074, is the last surviving UK tank carrier to have taken part in the D-Day landings (Operation Overlord on 6 June, 1944). …

6 mind-boggling recent discoveries of WWII remnants

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Interior of Goebbels Bunker discovered in December 1997 (2) SS driver’s bunker discover in 1996 (3) WWII Kurt…

They Gave Their Lives

Ian Harvey
The Great War

80,000 Sikhs fought and died for Britain in the two world wars. Over 400,000 Muslims fought for King and Empire in The Great War alone.…

Restoring the M33 Gunboat for the Commemoration of the Gallipoli Campaign

Ian Harvey
Gallipoli

The National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth is restoring the HMS M33 gunboat and preparing it for the commemoration of the Gallipoli campaign.…

WW2 Veteran from New York Receives Medals Nearly 70 Years After Serving

Ian Harvey
WW2 veteran

Earnest Love literally had to wait a lifetime for recognition of his efforts during WW2.  Nearly 70 years after Love was wounded in a fierce…

World War One Gallipoli Campaign Ship HMS M33 to Regain Its Glory

Ian Harvey
World War One

The Gallipoli Campaign from World War One is set to be brought back to its old glory as the sum of £1.75m has been made…

Gestapo impostor tricked Nazi sympathizers in WWII

Jack Beckett

British citizens sympathetic to the Nazi cause and willing to pass on intelligence during World War II never suspected that Jack King wasn’t a Gestapo…