WWI capsule discovered in war memorial
Workers dismantling the WWI heritage-listed Miranda War Memorial were certainly in for a surprise after discovering a time capsule buried under the structure. The Miranda…
Hollywood’s Rally ’Round The Flag
Film director Peter Berg worked with real passion on his Lone Survivor project, a real-life production of the Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan. He spent…
Pacific Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s “Gray Book” Journal Digitized
During the battles in the Pacific during World War II, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz kept a daily journal now referred to as the “Gray Book.”…
‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere, of Band of Brothers, Has Died at 90
‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere, most famous as one of the GIs portrayed in the mini-series ‘Band of Brothers’, has died at the age of 90. After…
Capturing The Butcher of Auschwitz
Auschwitz Kommandant Rudolf Höss, known as the Butcher of Auschwitz, is more or less synonymous with the word “Holocaust,” having played a hand in the…
WWII veteran to soar the sky again at 91
The first time Bill Purdy step on to the skies was when he was a young man enlisted to join in one of the biggest…
Chilling Argentinian Film “The German Doctor” Makes Its Way to America (With Trailer)
WE all know how notorious Dr. Josef Mengele was during WWII but do we know what happened to him after the war? The German Doctor, the Argentinian…
RAAF pilot finally awarded with US gallantry award after 72 year long “administrative oversight”
The Royal Australian Air Force joined missions of the Allies over Papua New Guinea during the Second World War. The photograph on the right shows…
Scrapbook of Pressed Foliage from WWI to Go Under the Hammer
A mysterious scrapbook filled with pressed poppies and other foliage said to be sent by a WWI soldier to his girlfriend has come to light…
How Archduke Ferdinand’s Assassination Almost Never Came to Be
The First World War carries undeniable weight in the way the world works today. Power distributions across the globe and the sheer existence of the…
French Rail Company Pays Reparationsto Holocaust Survivors for Transporting 76,000 Jews to Concentration Camps
The Société Nationale des Chemins de FerFrançais (SNCF) is seeking a 6.5 billion dollar contract with the state of Maryland, but it has a problem…
Another “After Storm” Find – WWII Tank Traps
Tank traps set up for the Nazi Panzer division invading from the west was bared by the recent storms that hit the English coastline…