Bletchley Park to make archive available online
Bletchley Park will make its archives available on the Internet, giving an insight into the famous code-breaking centre’s work. The centre’s archive includes a range…
A WWII Vet Shares War Stories and Describes the Need for Blood Donations
December 16, 1944, Adolph Hitler’s army ambushed the Allied armies and attempted to split them and gain an advantage during the WWII. The ambush occurred…
New collection documents World War I air raids over Britain
Photographs documenting air raids over Britain during World War I have been released for the first time. The new collection from London’s Imperial War Museum,…
Fundraiser to remember Second World War WASPs with float
A man is trying to raise funds to honor his late mother and other Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) who served during the Second World…
B-24 Bomber Plane Found In the South Pacific
During the Second World War, more than 400,000 American soldier perished while in battle. There are still thousands that have never been found. Thousands of…
Man Who Hid Art Loots in Munich Apartment Holds Key to “The Amber Room”?
The cache of hidden art found in a dingy Munich flat and said to amount to £1 billion may look like a story right out of the…
eBay apologises for selling Holocaust memorabilia
some of the uniforms of the victim of Holocaust in Germany eBay is one of the world largest online auction site, that help buyers meet…
Stephen McGinty: First World War history in making
BBC has launched 2,500 hours of broadcasting about the First World War to change people perception about the war, but as Stephen McGinty writes…
My great-uncle, the secret Nazi hunter
When Thomas Harding attended his great-uncle’s funeral in 2006, he was not expecting to stumble upon a family secret his relatives had kept since the…
A GOOD AGE: WW2 scrapbook leads to new discoveries
Deborah Campbell of Quincy recently learned about her late grandfather, Owen Conrad. He was a top-level American spy during World War Two. Another person…
Nazi Officer, War Criminal Erich Priebke Secretly Buried in Italian Jail Cemetery
A newspaper had released a report saying Ex-Nazi SS Captain Erich Priebke was buried secretly in an Italian prison cemetery after a number of locations…
In WW1, Alvin York Captured 132 German Soldiers Pretty Much Single Handed
Alvin York almost captured 132 German soldiers during WW1 using a rifle and pistol. The Germans had 32 machine guns together with rifles and pistols.…