Remembering Nancy Wake: WWII’s Most Decorated Woman
While she was still alive, Nancy Wake, WWII’s most decorated woman for her extraordinary war feats, hated people who messed up her life story; she…
American War Movies Must-See on Veteran’s Day
To honor Veteran’s Day this coming November 11, one author, Robert Demar, has made up a list of good American war movies to watch –…
War Games During 1983 Almost Sparked Nuclear War
It is a little known instance where Britain and the United States almost provoked Russia into starting a nuclear attack. Once classified documents that have…
WW1 worst mass injury event – research
A research that was done recently shows that many deaths experienced in New Zealand during the WW1 should have been significantly reduced if not…
Remembering the War Horse Heroes
Horse and Country reminds us that November 10th is known as Remembrance Sunday. The Horse Trust is a leading equine charity that is remembering the…
Antis: The Dog That Became a WWII Hero
Antis’ story is one courageous tale of how a dog’s bravery and loyalty made him a WWII hero. Enemy fire tore into the engines of…
World War One Innovators: Patriots or Capitalists?
World War One happened to pave way for what is now known as the ear of industrialization, great innovations were made. The Great War (as…
1500 Nazi plundered artworks worth about € 1bn found in a Munich Flat
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Hitler’s art dealer, Hildebrand Gurlitt confiscated & amassed over 1500 Nazi plundered artworks and ordered to destroy them…
Stanislaw Maczek, 102, General of Polish Armoured Division in WWII
General, Stanislaw Maczek of polish was a combat commander during the world war two died at his home in Edinburgh, at the age of 102.…
The Solitary Mountains that Saw Bonaparte’s Rise and the Axis Powers’ Fall
Riley Arthur, a National Geographic grantee, traveled to Slovenia to do a documentation on the Erased, about 200,000 non-ethnic Slovenian residents who were not automatically…
Searching for the Untold Stories of the Sikh Soliders of WWI
The United Kingdom Punjab Heritage Association was granted £450,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. They were tasked with researching the regimental histories, dispatches, correspondences and…
Heroine of Dunkirk is Being Restored to Her Former Glory
The Medway Queen was originally built as a recreational vessel in 1924. The vessel was used to take vacationers on trips around Kent for 15…