Lake Toplitz May Be Site of Nazi Treasure
The film Monuments Men has appeared to many as just another “based on a true story” film which will require heavy research to weed out…
The Massive Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944
Mount Vesuvius is among the most famous natural spectacles in the world. It is also one of the most feared. Having erupted seventy years ago,…
“Nazi War Diggers” Creates Outrage by Unearthing Dead
National Geographic has been at the forefront of education for as long as its magazine began publication in 1888. They began broadcasting their own TV…
Remembering British Soldier Hugh Lunghi, Last Surviving Participant of WWII’s “Big Three” Meetings (1920-2014)
British soldier Hugh Lunghi who acted as British PM Winston Churchill’s interpreter during his dealing with Josef Stalin and was thought to be the very…
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…