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WWII Radiation Poses a Threat to Future Housing Developments

The UK Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) reported that an unknown number of defunct World War II military bases may have high levels of radiation…

A man with a mission to search for missing Australian casualties during the Battle of Mouquet

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Dennis Frank is on a mission. He wishes to raise $38,000 to fund the search and recovery of the missing bodies of Australian diggers in…

Australia increases funding to honor the ANZAC legend centenary

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Australian Lt General Sir Leslie Morshead (first from right) in a trench at the Lone pine battleground, Turkey,…

WWI battlefield images to create a gateway to historic landscapes of the Great War

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Photographs of battlefields during the World War I are in exhibit in a gallery show in Westminster Hall in Britain for the first time. After…

Vietnam war hero given state funeral

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Hundreds of thousands flooded the streets of Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, to give honor to the war hero responsible for many victories against the French and…

EmbaSSy Released on October 18 and Causes Controversy

EmbaSSy is a Polish film that came out on October 18th. The film may challenge Polish views toward the war and the amount of death…

Remembering Frank Stone, One of Stalag Luft’s “Great Escape” Heroes (1922-2013)

Stalag Luft III, 1944 “The tension was electric the night of the escape. And then around dawn I heard a shot and barking and I…

WWII German aircraft on display at Cosford Royal Air Force Museum

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A captured German FW 190A-4 aircraft during WWII (2) A Focke Wulf Fw 190 aircraft on display at…

Unbelievable! Paperclip, WWII Resistance Mark

Unbelievable but yes, the paperclip was at one time used as a resistance symbol during the Second World War. The Beginning of the Story World…

Was Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy best for Britain’s national interests?

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister of UK from May, 1937 to May, 1940 (2) Chamberlain speaking to interpreter…

300,000 Allied Troops Evacuate Occupied Europe Along with Their New Four Legged Friends

May 27, 1940, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) began the long journey along the the north-east coast of France. 300,000 Allied troops were ordered to…

Oradaour-sur-Glane Massacre Survivor is Sued over Book, and Wins

  RFI English shares the story of Robert Hébras. Robert and five others survived the Oradour-sur-Glane massacrein June of 1944. In this massacre, the German…