Last Hindenburg Survivor Dies of Heart Failure
The last confirmed Hindenburg survivor has now passed away. Werner Franz was just fourteen years of age and working as a cabin boy when he…
RAF Airman Honors Hero from WWI
John Nichol is a modern-day RAF airman who has dedicated a great deal of his life as an aviator to honoring a pilot who flew…
Claude Monet Landscape PaintingFound in the Munich Art Hoard
A Claude Monet landscape painting recently turned up from the art hoard discovered in a dinghy Munich flat last 2012. The trove of valuable artworks…
The First Canadian Losses of WWII
The first Canadian losses of the Second World War did not take place where or when most people would have expected. Rather than taking place…
‘Stolen’ WWII Plaque Returned to RAF Base
Correction: It has come to the attention of WHO that the writer mistook RAF Brize Norton for a man rather than a Royal Air Force…
Gasthaus zur Pommer, Hitler’s Birthplace, to be Converted Into a Museum Dedicated to His Crimes
The Austrian government is set to convert Gasthaus zur Pommer, the former pub where the notorious German dictator Adolf Hitler was born, into a ‘House…
HMS Pathfinder, the U-Boat’s First Casualty, Commemorated
On the exact 100th-year anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Pathfinder, the first ship sunk by a German U-boat, divers swam 220 feet underwater to its…
Project Documents WWII History of East Anglia
During the Second World War, there were numerous airfields used in East Anglia. A new initiative has now begun to collect photographs of these airfields…
Cuban Ex-President Fidel Castro Criticizes NATO
Many have differing views of former Cuban president Fidel Castro, especially in the United States where there has been an embargo against Cuba since 1960.…
Sinking of the SS Athenia
To many, the sinking of the SS Athenia was the event that formally ushered the British into the Second World War. As with many wars,…
Who the heck was Kilroy? A tale of ships and wartime
A little comic relief really does work to calm the nerves and reduce tension. A welcome and a nod can make a new and frightening…
Espionage – The Birth of the National Intelligence Agency
In Washington a landlubber Rear Admiral heads a new Government bureau which thinks it could have done a lot to prevent Pearl Harbor. Anyway, one…