Britian’s Youngest Soldier From WWI, 12 years old, is Awarded 2 Medals
In 1915, Sidney Lewis enlisted in the Army. He would be known as the youngest soldier during the Great War. Sidney was only 12 years…
The Quest: Six Decades of Searching for the MIA
It was on a warm spring in 2008 and on board of a huge barge in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, casually camouflaged in…
Forbidden WWI Photographs Layout The First Year of Battle
Andrew Davidson of the Telegraph tells the story of his grandfather, Fred Davidson and his time as a WWI Doctor. Fred passed down three photographic…
Ray Gelinne – Battle Of The Bulge
“Is hot that gun many times” says Ray Gelinne, now 98 years old, while unfolding his WWII life as an army soldier. During the early…
Google criticized for unremarkable doodle on Armistice Day
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Google doodle on Armistice Day was criticized for being unremarkable (2) Bing was applauded for the remarkable redesign…
Missions of secret Australian submarines during the Cold War revealed
On February 20, 1986, Prime Minister Bob Hawke came to know of the nature of the operations of Australia’s secret submarines during the Cold War…
Cenotaph-to-be-restored-for-the-First-World-War-centenary
Next year, Britain will celebrate the 100th anniversary since the outbreak of the First World War. A lot of preparations for the memorial celebrations are…
Major Dicky Day dies at 91 years old. Bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign
Major “Dicky” Day bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign. He saw the Sittang River Bridge be blown up…
WWII surveillance images of Gold beach sold for over £3,000 at auction
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Sophisticated technology was used by spitfire pilots to plot images of Gold beach; Mont Fleury was one of…
Members of the SAS Honor the Dead with Their Own Traditions
In the Vosges Mountains in eastern France, sits a memorial that reads “Stele SAS” or SAS Memorial. The memorial is secluded from the rest of…
WWII-centric Movie, The Book Thief, Hit Theaters
“The Book Thief” is a movie that takes place in a fictional German town at the height of World War II and it focuses on…
Mini Sub Raid Against German Battleship Tirpitz
The German Battleship Tirpitz, launched in 1941, was thought to be unsinkable it was dubbed The Beast after ten attempts made by the British and Russian forces against it…