A Deserving Honor For A D-Day Vet
The French President Francois Hollande, awarded D-Day vet Bob Sales with the Legion of Honor. He was only 18 years old when he joined the…
Looking at the sins of the past as debate among Nazi sons rages on
Last week, two elderly Germans were on stage at London’s Southbank Centre in a debate about their fathers. Onlookers might think that the scene was…
Pink Floyd Roger Waters Unveils Memorial To His Father Who Died In WWII
His father was killed in the south of Rome, during a fight between the British soldiers and the German forces, seven decades ago. Waters dedicated…
WWI: Secret And Deadly Work Of Girls At Avonmouth’s Mustard Gas Factory
The top secret mustard gas factory was ruled mostly by women, where the savage chemical weapon, which killed so many soldiers during the First World…
Taita Taveta Open Tourist Sites Where World War I Was Fought Between Germans And The British
All the objects and memorabilia were collected from Taita area and exhibited at the First World War museum, opened on Saturday at the hotel. Taita…
Tortured In Notorious ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ 11 GIs Were Unbreakable
Navy Cmdr. James Bond Stockdale was on a flying mission over North Vietnam on September 9, 1965, when his A-4 Skyhawk took fire and went…
World War II Buffs Gather In Oklahoma For Historic Parachute Jumps
The men used the same tactics and almost the same equipment they used during the Second World War. Part of the team was also WSJ’s…
Canadian Boy in iconic WWII photo, ‘Wait For Me, Daddy’, returns to spot where the image was taken after 70 years
After seven decades, the boy rushing toward his father who was then marching off to join the Second World War, Warren (Whitey) Bernard, revisited the…
Prora: The Third Reich’s – Kraft Durch Freude – Vacation Spot
If you go to the small German island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea, you will see a long line of intimidating buildings. The buildings…
Recreating The First World War Streets Of Northern England
The exhibition is meant to show the impact that the First World War had on people’s lives in the North West of England. The exhibition…
Clewiston Museum Hosts WWII Boxcar Exhibit
It is currently part of an exhibition at the Clewiston Museum. While the old paint on the wood of the boxcar is still there, the…
Undetonated Bombs From WWII Still Pose a Threat to People
January 7th, 2014, Hong Kong authorities spent 17 hours trying to dismantle a bomb that was discovered in the downtown area. The bomb was left…