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…
New York: Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Jakiw Palij, 91, ‘used to Jewish Protestors’
Jakiw Palij, 91, is a former Nazi concentration camp guard who was recruited by the German Army when Nazi occupied Poland. He has been a…
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…