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Great War Viewed Through Aerial Photography

Ian Harvey
aerial photography

A great deal of images were taken during the First World War through the use of aerial photography. Many of those same images are now…

Soldier’s Remains Returned to Native Soil

Ian Harvey
soldier’s remains

An American soldier’s remains from WWII are finally being returned to his native soil after decades of waiting. Since the Second World War was quite…

Prince’s Estate Contested by Surviving Relative

Ian Harvey
prince’s estate

A WWII-era prince’s estate is being contested by family members, decades after the aristocrat in question tried to assist in a failed plan to kill…

For sale: Douglas DC-3C/C-47 $229,000

Jack Beckett

Aircraft History This Douglas C-47-DL is the oldest surviving ex-RAF Dakota transport. February 13, 1943 – Completed at Long Beach, California factory under USAAF Contract…

User Identification Sought for Historical Remains

Ian Harvey
historical remains

A large number of historical remains from WWI that were photographed during the war have been documented on the internet, where a new British project…

Man Builds Recreation of Fokker Eindecker

Ian Harvey
Fokker Eindecker

The Fokker Eindecker was a warplane used by German forces during the First World War in their many air battles against the Royal Flying Corps.…

America Held WWII POWs from Germany

Ian Harvey
WWII POWs

A number of WWII POWs from Germany were held in America for the duration of the war. These Axis soldiers were located all over the…

Nurse who parachuted as a NUN into Occupied Europe to spy for the Allies has died

Ian Harvey
WWII nurse

Upon the death of a former WWII nurse, her previously unknown story has been discovered. It is now known that she was much more than…

Mystery behind Portrait of WWI Officer Solved

The identity of the unknown WWI officer, which had hung in Wales’ Camarthen County Museum for years have finally been uncovered…one hundred years after his…

Egyptian Anti-Semitism Leads to Hitler Worship

Ian Harvey

There has been a noticeable rise in Egyptian anti-Semitism as the tensions between Gaza and Israel continue to come to a boil. These tensions resulted…

Remember Gino Bartali: Italian Star Cyclist Who Helped Jews during WWII

Gino Bartali was a famous Italian cyclist, a favorite of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini because of his winning the Tour de France on the…

Teen takes Smiling Auschwitz Selfie, Defends Action

A teen becomes the accepting end of backlash on the internet for taking an Auschwitz selfie – a smiling photo of her with the notorious Nazi…