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World War II Paratrooper’s Daughter Gets Purple Heart Lost For Nearly 60 Years

Ian Harvey
Purple Heart

She wasn’t going to let go to the small rectangular box, after it went missing for over 50 years. All the containing objects were awarded…

Melting Northern Italy Glaciers Reveal White War Soldiers’ Remains

  Glaciers of the Italian Alps slowly melt down uncovering what lies underneath – horrors of WWI’s White War…remains of soldiers who fought in that…

Tons of WWII-Era Munitions Are Still Being Found in Germany

Even though WWII ended nearly 70 years ago, The Atlantic reports that there are thousands of tons of munitions still buried under Germany—unexploded and undiscovered.…

Australian WWII Veterans Reunited After 68 Years

Ian Harvey
WWII

Two Australians were almost killed in an RAAF Dakota crash during the Second World War, when a British destroyer arrived and rescued them from the…

Parliament Gives Belated Recognition To Polish WWII Hero, the man who tried to stop the Holocaust

Ian Harvey
Parliament

Although he was considered a war hero in his country, Jan Karski was never recognized as such internationally. Many say that is because the Allied…

Now UK Culture Secretary Miller is called an idiot for ignoring WWI role of Anzacs

Ian Harvey

The British Allies are said to be left for the last moments of the centenary in a series of rows. Now Culture Secretary Maria Miller…

Sex and the Somme- officially sanctioned brothels in France during WWI

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Allied soldiers during WWI tried to utilize their next few mortal days (2) History of prostitution extends to…

Vienna: The World War One Centenary

Ian Harvey
Vienna

However, the situation isn’t as upsetting as it was a century ago, when racial and ethnic disputes and riots raged. In front of Cafe Prueckl,…

Internet Blooper: Google Maps revives Adolf Hitler Platz in Berlin

Google Maps, the online mapping service powered by Google, has mislabeled a square in central Berlin reverting its present name into its WWII name. The…

West Flanders Prepares For First World War Centenary

Ian Harvey
First World War

A big rise in the number of tourists is expected in 2014, to mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. Maria…

The Independent – a Very Odd Tank!

The Tank Museum reports: The Independent is unique, no others of the type were built and it was only ever regarded as an experimental machine. …

Mysterious markings on Japanese kamikaze flying bomb

Ian Harvey
mysterious markings

The Ohka 2 plane was put on display about 30 years ago, at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil after in was captured in…