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2 WWII Vets Meet In Texas Aged 107

Ian Harvey

On Dec. 13, 2013, Overton, from Austin Texas and Hill, from Henderson, Texas, attended a proclamation presented by Austin Texas Mayor Lee Leffingwell who thanked…

WWII Sunderland Flying-Boat Rescued With The Help Of Her Last Pilot

Ian Harvey

The Mark I Sunderland was highly valued by Winston Churchill, who considered the U-boats as one of the biggest threats during the war. The 40-strong…

Beechwood Park: The Final Landing Place Of Wartime Bombers

Ian Harvey

The airfield, which served from May 1942 to March 1946, was later requisitioned by the government to be used as storage space for damaged aircraft…

David Cundall’s Search For The Lost Squadron Of Spitfires

Ian Harvey

Cundall has returned to the site with fresh financial backing, ready to find the hidden planes. He has promised that if the planes are found,…

Newcastle: WWII And The Victoria Tunnel

Ian Harvey

The Victoria Tunnel is under the management of the Ouseburn Trust and it’s considered one of the most satisfying activities to do while you are…

Wartime Structure Unearthed By Tidal Surge

Ian Harvey

As the surge caused flooding all across the North East, it also unearthed a wartime pillbox structure on the sandy beach at Bamburgh in Northumberland.…

The Story Behind Four Letters (‘Nuts’)

In a quiet corner of the Freedom Train rests a mimeographed copy of one of America’s most famous messages. Its typically American text is composed…

Soviet pilot Kolesnikov’s WWII mystery mission in Perthshire is solved

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A group photograph of Soviet pilot Kolesnikov with 10 other uniformed Soviet airmen during their mysterious 2nd world…

1937 Battle of Shanghai, Japan’s Brutal Attack on China

Siegphyl

In 1937, the first major clash of forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese National Republican Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War was…

Liberation Route Europe Marks 70th Anniversary

Ian Harvey

Liberation Route Europe was created to follow the journey of the Allied forces as they advanced in occupied Europe, during their attempt to stop the…

WWII gravestones in Normandy restored for 70th Anniversary of D-Day landings

Siegphyl

Preparations get underway as Normandy gears for the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings. Officials say that part of the preparation is the restoration of thousands…

The Amazing True Story of a Norwegian Ghost Town’s Wrecked Heinkel Bomber

Colin Fraser

Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…