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Jewish Cemetery in Manchester Attacked by Vandals

Ian Harvey
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

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…