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Croatia Investigates 90-year-old Man of War Crimes

Recently, authorities in Croatia have begun investigating a in his 90s of being guilty of committing war crimes. The man is believed to be an…

The Menin Gate never fails to affect skeptical people

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Last week I mentioned the Menin Gate. Readers who have visited and attended the communal act of remembrance that most people refer to as the…

Author seeks help in solving mystery surrounding Morecambe Mustang Pilot killed in WWII Crash on Dutch Island of Texel

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An author and historian is asking the public for information regarding a man from Morecambe who was killed during the Second World War. Bomber Command…

Forgotten Letter From WWI Sailor Delivered After Almost A Century

Ian Harvey
Forgotten Letter

The forgotten letter, signed “Your Blue Jacket Boy,” was dated 1916, and was found behind a fireplace in Kirkwall, Orkney. It was addressed to the…

Abe Urged To Admit Wartime Atrocities

Ian Harvey

Tomiichi Murayama, Japan’s former Prime Minister said this week that Japanese leader Shinzo Abe must honor the Murayama Statement and asked him to admit on…

Lee Miller: The Woman In Hitler’s Bathtub

Ian Harvey
Lee Miller

Her entire life was an adventure, since she was the only female photographer allowed on the front line in Europe, during World War Two and…

Wis. WWII Vet Was Lobotomized By Govt. After War

Ian Harvey
Lobotomized

His story and that of other 2,000 other Second World War veterans who suffered from mental problems and who received the procedure following the end…

Archaeologists unearth remains of 21 German soldiers preserved in WWI Shelter

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The remains of 21 German soldiers were found buried in a well-preserved WWI shelter almost a hundred years after their death. The soldiers were members…

Watch: Nazi Germany’s Heavy Tank: Panzer VIII Maus

In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. The…

Veterans Earn Money to Visit National Arboretum in Staffordshire

The Specsavers Hearing Center on Claremont Street in Shrewsbury, served coffee and sweets to help reach its Help for Heroes goal over the course of…

100 Years Later, WWI Sparks A New Battle In Britain

Ian Harvey

The initial plans included schoolchildren visiting battlefields, communities working on restoring monuments and the nation remembering a war that lasted four years and killed more…

2,4-D Herbicide, a chemical used in Agent Orange, could fuel the upsurge of Enlist Crops in the American Market

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The Agent Orange made a mark in history owing to the employment of the chemical during the Vietnam War. It is one of the nine…