Halifax Celebrates Anniversary of Tragic Bomber Crash
There were nine deaths in the tragic crash of a bomber from Halifax that occurred seven decades ago. When the engine of bomber JP137 went…
Mother Shares Military Grave with Her Son
Harriette Raphael first put in her request in 1929. The mother of Lieutenant John Raphael, a soldier who died in 1917 during the First World…
D-Day commemoration highlights include return of WWII C-47 Dakota to Normandy
The flying of a World War II military transport plane used by the United States during the invasion in Normandy will be one of the…
US Navy Hero Who Captured German Submarine U-505 Dies
Wayne Pickels was the name of a sailor who helped to capture a U-boat in 1944. Aboard the German submarine, U-505, Pickels and the crew…
Obama visits Flanders Field to honor American soldiers who died in the Great War
Wesley J. Creech, a private, is among the soldiers buried at the Flanders Field Cemetery. The names of the servicemen who died during the First…
Only One British Survivor from the “Great Escape” Remains
Survivor Dick Churchill was one of several men in 1944 who took part in the event that came to be widely known as the “Great…
Flora Sandes: The Only Female in WWI and WWII Frontlines
Daughter of the Suffolk rector, Flora Sandes received the upbringing any middle-class girl would have had in her time – hope for a good husband…
John Baskeyfield VC Primary School Has Been Renamed
The John Baskeyfield VC Primary School has generated recent controversy, following its renaming as Saint Nathaniel’s Academy. Several have shown disapproval of the decision, feeling…
WWI Affected Australia More Than Most Know
Australia and her prime minister, Billy Hughes, were relatively unnoticed by the rest of the world at the outset of WWI. When all was said…
Japanese Prime Minister Abe visits Anne Frank house and says “lessons of history” teach about peace
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has constantly been the subject of criticism from neighboring Asian countries for his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine. However, in…
Jumpers ready for D-Day parachute jump on 70th anniversary commemoration
June 2014 will mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings, the start of the end of the Nazi occupation over Europe. It will be the…
Murder of Great Escapers and the mission of the Blackpool police to track down their Nazi killers
The near end of The Great Escape is one of the most tragic episodes in history. Most of the prisoners who tried to flee and…