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Plane Crash from Over 70 Years Ago Remembered

Ian Harvey
plane crash

The plane crash which killed an American pilot in 1943 was witnessed by the two young offspring of the Simonelli family in Italy. Caroline and…

Mystery of the underwater time capsule is solved: Plane is identified as a JU-52 carrier

Ian Harvey
Nazi plane

A plane used by the Luftwaffe forces during the Second World War has been located underwater in remarkable condition. Located in the Black Sea, the…

German community honors US bomber crew shot down in WWII

Ian Harvey

Almost seventy years ago, a WWII bomber went down on the outskirts of Vaterstetten in Germany. A B-24 Liberator, the aircraft was commonly referred to…

Denial of War Crimes Outlawed in Russia

Ian Harvey

Denial of Nazi war crimes is just about as old as the Second World War itself, and apparently so is the denial that the Soviet…

Normandy Veterans Held Back by Paperwork

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Normandy

This year will mark the seventieth anniversary of the Normandy invasions of World War II, and as such there are numerous events planned to commemorate…

City-Wide Evacuation of Vicenza Due to Bomb from WWII

Ian Harvey

  An evacuation of Vicenza has been seen fit due to the necessary actions to defuse an extraordinarily potent explosive left over from the Second…

Inside Monopoly’s secret war against the Third Reich

Ian Harvey

  The board game Monopoly comes in many editions with various themes, but probably the least well-known is that which was used to aid escaping…

Death of a Prolific WWII Pilot

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WWII pilot

James Goodson, WWII pilot, joined the military very early in the war. He had a desire for travel, and had been on one of the…

Italian village commemorates sacrifice of WWII Aussie airmen

Ian Harvey

  Though the war ended seven decades ago, the memories of many WWII airmen live on. Many such men remained on assignment during the close…

John Cornwell: Why this D-day Hero from Cheltenham Lied About His Age to Fight the Nazis

John Cornwell was only 16 when he enlisted for the war. How he managed to get in because of his desire to fight of Hitler and his…

Two Families Honor Fallen WWII Pilot

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WWII pilot

Neill Walker was a WWII pilot until his fateful flight in 1943, which saw the end of his military career as well as his life.…

Auschwitz Museum Swarmed with Thefts, Vandalism from Visitors

Administrators of the Auschwitz Museum are left scratching their heads in dismay as the notorious Nazi death camp is riddled with theft and vandalism from…