Latvians march to honor World War II allies who fought in Nazi units
The Legionnaires Day was abolished by the Latvian government in 2000. Yet, this did not stop around 1,500 Latvians from marching Sunday last week to…
Haunted Pub Captures Ghostly Figure of Royalist officer from the Civil War on Surveillance
A ghostly figure was caught on film on Valentine’s Day at the Ye Olde Man and Scythe in Bolton, which is one of the oldest…
Black Paratroopers Have Profound Effect on WWII
Walter Morris joined the paratroopers in 1940, when segregation of blacks and whites was still very much alive in America. In terms of the Second…
New WWII Memorial to Airmen Lost in Collision
Seven decades ago near Buckinghamshire, the collision of two WWII bombers saw the horrific loss of fifteen airmen in the Royal Air Force. Now, a…
Heritage Lottery Fund Releases Major Grant to the Northampton Museum
Royal &Derngate, along with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, lead Northampton in the world of culture already. Now they have a little more leeway…
Public Offenders Could be Selected to Restore Surrey’s Monuments
Public offenders could be made to help clean up Redhill’s war memorial before the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. The…
Michigan-Man Andrew Kach Receives Medal for Service in Vietnam
Private first class Andrew Kach of the United States Army received a ceremony in Brighton Township recently, during which he was given the Bronze Star…
US Vietnam War veteran with cancer receives claims for exposure to Agent Orange in Okinawa
Loaded: A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter sits by unidentified barrels at Naha Military Port in the late ’60s. | COURTESY OF MICHAEL JONES Another…
Former Woman Who Worked at Auschwitz Accused of Prisoner Crueltly
A woman now known as Gisela S. was a prison guard at the notorious internment camp in Auschwitz where she was responsible for the mistreatment…
Firing WWII Spitfire guns after they have been buried for 70 years in a bog!
Six Browning machine guns have been discovered in 2011 buried near the Irish site of a 1941 Spitfire crash. Having been covered in peat…
WWI Allied Officers Feared Stray Dog and Cats Could Be Spies
In preparation for the WWI centenary this month, the National Archives are releasing new documentation, one of which suggests a dog and two cats may…
Woman Sues University of Oklahoma over Stolen Artwork
Leone Meyer, a French woman, recently filed a lawsuit against the University Of Oklahoma (OU) in an attempt to recover a 128 year old piece…