WWII Movies Highlighting Nonviolent Resistance Against the Nazis
Can nonviolence really make a strong lasting statement amidst gunfire and war violence? These WWII movies say “YES!” Hardly does a year go by without showing a Hollywood…
ITV’s “Bletchley Circle” to Reveal Scope of Female Code Breakers’ Work during WWII
How extensive were the contributions of the female code breakers in Bletchley Park during WWII? The code breakers in Britain’s biggest intelligence hub in WWII,…
Operation Legacy: How Britain Destroyed Thousands Of Colonial Files
According to the National Archives and the Foreign Office, over 8,800 colonial-era documents have been eliminated by UK authorities in former colonies. The program, named…
War Photographer Robert Capa’s Works on Display
See some of the unseen photos taken by war photographer and photojournalist Robert Capa on display at New York’s International Center of Photography in a…
WWII: GIs in Place of British Fighting Men for Christmas
American GIs sent to Britain during the height of WWII were repeatedly described as “overpaid, oversexed and over here” but at least, on Christmas they…
WWII-Era Bomb Explodes in Euskirchen, Germany Leaving 1 Dead and 13 Injured
NBC World News reported on January 3rd, 2014 of a World War II-era bomb exploding in Euskirchen, Germany. The bomb killed a bulldozer operator and…
Ex-Burma POW, Jan Bras, Sues for Damages
Expatica reports the story of Jan Bras. Bras is suing the Dutch state for compensation for physical injuries he sustained while he was a POW…
Mission: Bring Back the WWII Wicksteed Park Ice Cream
The search is on for the lost special ice cream recipe that was so popular in Britain during and even after WWII – Wicksteed Park…
Nazi Art Dealer Who Stole From Jews On Behalf Of Hitler
Cornelius Gurlitt, 80, insists his father Hildebrand was innocent and that the paintings were acquired legitimately. The art collector is now desperately trying to take…
World War I Dog Tag Returned To Digger’s Family
Valentin Henon discovered the dog tag in 2012, after using his metal detector in a field nearby where he lives, in northern France. He asked…
Two Nazi-plundered Artworks Found in Germany’s Bundestag
Berlin, Germany – Only months after the world was gripped with the news of the discovery of the billions-worth artworks said to be Nazi plunders during…
Toledoan Returning Vietnam War Helmet To Vietnamese Family
He found it on a battlefield in 1968 and it reminded him of his service in Vietnam, of the time he was an Army Green…