WWII Polish Leader Wladyslaw Sikorski’s Death Void of Foul Play – Inquest
Warsaw, Poland – A five-year Polish investigation into the unexpected death of WWII Polish leader Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski in 1943 through a plane crash yielded no evidences…
The Heroic Paradogs of World War II
First, he learnt how to find and identify minefields, he protected his fellow soldiers on battlefields, he parachuted under a storm of German anti-aircraft on…
WWII Collectors, Now You Can Create Your Own Enigma Machine
CNet.com shares information on how you can create your own Enigma Crypto-machine written by ST-Geotronics. If you are a WWII buff, you know what an…
“Death Railway”: British POW Recalls Burma Railway Story
Aside from the classic British-American film in 1957, Bridge on the River Kwai, the struggles prisoners of war endured in Burma and the making of the “death…
World War One Statistics
The Japan Times – World War One left millions people wounded, widowed, without parents, and dead. These horrifying numbers gives you a small insight onto…
Holocaust Survivor Recalls The Bitterest Months Of Nazi Persecution
He was arrested together with his parents and eight siblings and he lied about his age, hopping he would be sent to a labour camp…
War Graves Commission Face Major WWI Challenge
For the 1914-18 Project, the commission is organizing and getting everything ready for four years of events, memorial commemoration, wreath laying ceremonies and tours, to…
Sylvia Salmon (1922-2013): WWII Servicewoman Asked Ashes to be Scattered Over RAF Duxford
Sylvia Salmon was among the first members of the Womens’ Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and spent some of her best years as a servicewoman in WWII…
WWII USS Hornet (CV-8) Which Became A Legend Of The War
When the USS Hornet (CV-8) was launched on Dec.14, 1940, it was the last carrier in the Yorktown class. Compared to its sister ships, the Yorktown…
Korean War: The Spine-Tingling Heroism Of The British Who Fought For Their Lives
Corporal Jim Lucock described himself as an ordinary man who just wanted to stay alive. But in war it doesn’t matter how much you want…
Last Glorious Fight of the Glowworm
Glowworm‘s only surviving officer was the 27-years old Lieutenant Robert Ramsay, R.N. It was known that the Glowworm sank under the attack of the enemy…
Movie Shows Hitler as Evil Kung Fu Master
Hitler…a Kung Fu master? Well, everything is possible and this upcoming movie attests to that. The feared German dictator during the Second World War will…