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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

Ian Harvey
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

Ian Harvey
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…

Continuing Influence of WWI Technology

Ian Harvey
WWI technology

The growth of WWI technology had astounding implications for the evolution of the Information Age over the course of the decades following the war. Trench…

In case you missed it! The Mighty Eighth – Exclusive Teaser Footage (HD)

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have joined forces to create a new 10 part TV series telling the story of World War Two’s bomber fleets.…

Identification of Canadian Airman from WWII

Ian Harvey
Canadian airman

During World War II, a Canadian airman was killed in a crash near the German city of Bonn. His plan went down in Laacher See,…

One in Five Britons Believes UK Fought Hitler During WWI

18% of Britons believe the country fought Hitler and Nazi Germany during the Great War which is WWI. If that is translated into numbers, one…

Japan Consults North Korea Regarding Captured Citizens

Ian Harvey
captured citizens

Japan has been looking into many captured citizens who fell pretty to North Korea around the time of the Second World War and the Cold…

American Military Members Try Medicinal Marijuana

Ian Harvey
medicinal marijuana

The subject of medicinal marijuana has been heavily debated throughout the United States, with some states in favor of its use while other states are…

A NURSE AT THE FRONT – Shocking Accounts of WWI Nurse Edith Appleton on the Battle of Somme

A Nurse at the Front, a compilation of the diaries kept by WWI nurse Sister Edith Appleton throughout the Great War reflects the gruesomeness prevalent…

EU Leaders Commemorate WWI Centennial in Ypres

EU leaders – from Germany, Britain, France and other European countries – marked the centenary of the Great War in the Belgian city of Ypres where once,…