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Pilot Crashes Replica Sopwith Triplane

Ian Harvey
SopwithTriplane

A pilot’s display flight of a replica SopwithTriplane recently took a literal nosedive when the plane clipped a fence and consequently crashed into the ground.…

Remains from Japanese POW Camp May Be Returned

Ian Harvey
POW camp

Private Arthur Kelder was not by far the only American soldier to perish in a Japanese POW camp during the Second World War. Tens of…

WWII Veteran Receives Legion d’Honneur

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Legion d’Honneur

The Legion d’Honneur, the most revered award for military service in France, was awarded to a Royal Air Force veteran who served in the Second…

Letter Written by German Spy is Discovered

Ian Harvey
German spy

Carl Hans Lody was a German spy during the First World War. He was the first undercover operative to be imprisoned by the British during…

Cultural and Ethnic Diversity Amongst WWI Airmen

Ian Harvey
WWI airmen

A multitude of WWI airmen sacrificed their lives in the early 1900s, while many survivors took the same risk. With the mass digitization of war…

Jewish Cemetery in Manchester Attacked by Vandals

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Jewish cemetery

The Blackley Jewish Cemetery in Manchester has become the recent site of racially charged vandalism, with many headstones knocked over and destroyed. Many that still…

Veteran’s Death Occurs Following Anniversary of Normandy Landings

Ian Harvey
veteran’s death

A recent veteran’s death gave him just enough time to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Normandy landings. The deceased former soldier’s name is Corporal…

Remembering the WWI Casualties on All Sides

Ian Harvey
WWI casualties

There has been a recent push to remember the WWI casualties that occurred on all sides of the conflict. This push arises as the centenary…

Discovery and Reading of Hitler’s Will

Ian Harvey
Hitler’s will

It was not long after his suicide that Hitler’s will was discovered. He wrote it out on the morning of his death, writing several pages…

BBC Viewers Upset Over WWI Rap

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WWI rap

The BBC has put out a WWI rap which has many viewers upset. Some feel that they have made light of one of the bloodiest…

GavriloPrincip Honored by Bosnian Serbs

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GavriloPrincip

Serbs in Bosnia honor GavriloPrincip, the young man who killed Archduke Ferdinand and started the First World War. The First World War began when GavriloPrincip…

Veteran Claims He Never Went AWOL

Ian Harvey
AWOL

A veteran of the Second World War claims that, contrary to war records, he never went AWOL during the war. Veteran Thomas Smith Jr., a…