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Horrific World War I experience documented in soldier’s diary

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  Harry Drinkwater Soldier’s diary is a surviving testimony of his actual hair-raising experience during the Great War. As a soldier in the muddy trenches,…

WWII Former Amtracker Lives to Tell the Story of 2,000 rescued POW

Ian Harvey

Pete Gleich was only 18 years old when he enlisted and 20 years old when the Los Banos Rescue marked his ‘day to remember’. 66…

Silicon Valley tank collection to go on public display in Massachusetts museum

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The family of a collector of war items plans to donate a collection of tanks, missile launchers and armored vehicles to a foundation based in…

Brad Pitt film sparked fury by Filming Nazi battle scenes on Poppy Day

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) US film director David Ayer (2) Brad Pitt on the Set of Fury (3) Shia LaBeouf on the…

Burma War Graves ‘Has Enormous Power To Engage’

Steve Khalif

Taukkyan War cemetery is located in Burma along the highway linking Rangoon. 6,426 soldiers of commonwealth who died in either of the two world wars…

Hundreds attended funeral of a British WWII veteran who died alone

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Harold Jellicoe Percival, the WWII veteran who died alone (2) Mohne Dam breached during Operation Chastise and pictured…

Former WWII PoW revisits Orkney chapel to express his thanks

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Gino Caprara, now 93, was a former prisoner of war during the Second World War. Decades after one of the biggest conflicts in history, Caprara…

Son posts father’s World War II diary online

Steve Khalif

Veteran Charles F. wrote a diary during the second world war which is now being published by his son. He served in North Africa and…

Doolittle Raiders from WWII are Honored with a Final Salute

The 80 men who risked their lives on a mission to bomb Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor are known as the Doolittle Raiders.…

Nazi Memorabilia Auctions Sparks Outrage on eBay

WWII era memorabilia is a big seller on eBay. Viktor Kempf, 62 years old, specializes in dealing Nazi specific items. One particular item in his…

Rommel and Montgomery: The Fathers Fight, the Sons Make Peace

Bernard Montgomery was one of the British top Generals during WWII — commander of the Eight Army known as the Desert Rats. Erwin Rommel was…

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Set Out To Restore Destroyed Graves in Iraq

In Barsa, Iraq a cemetery where British soldiers from both World Wars were laid to rest, has been destroyed by vandals and looters. The graveyard…