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The search for lost WWII fighter planes and remains of airmen in the Pacific

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Volunteers from around the globe have created a team with the mission of looking for missing World War II planes in the dark mysterious waters…

Three Cheers for Blyth Spartans Munitionettes

The ladies of Britain took the field to keep the public in good spirits while the men of Britain were off fighting during the First…

Stalingrad is one of the finest Russian film that could surpass the American’s – Saving Private Ryan

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World War II is not merely a main theme of academic subjects. It is also the favorite theme of many British and American films. And…

Hopeful Nephew Believes Uncle’s Remains will be Found, 70 years Later.

Graham Hill, the nephew of Sergeant Roland Hill, holds on to the hopes that the remains of his uncle will be found—70 years after death.…

There has been an appeal made to locate the relatives of the Lancaster bomber crew

There has been an appeal made to locate the relatives of the Lancaster bomber crew who died when their aircraft crashed in Lincolnshire during the…

Silver Bullion Recovered from the SS Gairsoppa to be Made into the Britannia Coin

In Llantrisant, the Royal Mint is striking a set of silver coins from recently discovered bullion from a merchant ship which was sunken during the…

19 Missing Soldiers from WWII Honored by two Veterans

Ian Harvey
Missing Soldiers

A WWII aircraft was used recently in a service to nineteen men who went MIA during the war. The missing soldiers are believed dead, their…

Drones are new? They were used in WWII!

Ian Harvey

While there is much talk about the use of drones by today’s military, this is generally referred to as a completely new innovation; it is…

Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre Investigated Further

Ian Harvey
Oradour-sur-Glane

In 1944, Oradour-sur-Glane was the site of a major massacre. Werner Christukat was a member of the Nazi SS at the time, and his involvement…

Life and WWI As Captured from the Lenses of Christina Broom

Museum of London features the collection of some 2,500 photographs taken by Christina Broom, the first female press photographer of the United Kingdom. Her trove…

Texas governor Rick Perry to travel to southern Pacific to join hunt for missing Second World War fighters

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Texas Governor Rick Perry is planning to travel to the South Pacific to help in the search for missing American Second World War fighters. The…

WWII Pilot Ludwig Havlak Visits Old Plane “Witchcraft”

Ian Harvey
WWII pilot

Many surviving WWII pilots are relatively nervous about seeing their old planes for the first time in so many years. It seems like a reasonable…