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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

Ian Harvey
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

Ian Harvey
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

Ian Harvey
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…

Great War Propaganda “WE NEED YOU!” Exhibit Opens May 17

Catigny Park’s First Division Museum invites the public on the debut of its Great War propaganda exhibit dubbed “WE NEED YOU! Propaganda of the Great War” this coming May…

WWII Memorial to U.S. Air Force Hidden from View

Ian Harvey
WWII memorial

A WWII memorial in Cambridgeshire, which had been built in commemoration of the United States Air Force had been fenced off at the behest of…

Edward Sobczyk Revisits Site of Exercise Tiger

Ian Harvey
Exercise Tiger

Edward Sobczyk, survivor of Exercise Tiger, has elected to return to the site of the training exercise in honor of those lost to the unexpected…