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WWII Soldier Documented Own Life, Service Through the Lens

Eugene Donatelli, like most young American men at the onset of the Second World War, got to tour free around the world courtesy of Uncle…

Centenary Group Works on Restoration of Training Camp for WWI Anniversary

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The Clipstone Camp, one of the largest training camp during the World War I, is slowly restored to what it used to look like about…

Jewish Bernard Warshaw Recalls WWII Memories From The Citadel to Dachau Concentration Camp

Bernard Warshaw, a son of a Jewish small town businessman, had dreamed of going to The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina. He had…

Arizona Woman Hopes to Recover her Uncle’s Remains from WW2

A woman from Arizona believes that a discovery of the biggest lake in Italy could lead to the recovery of the remains of her uncle…

Pressure falls on France to pardon shot “coward” soldiers in WWI

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Around 600 to 650 which served France during the World War I were executed by own firing squad for “cowardice”. During the WWI Centenary next…

German Publisher Plans to Halt ‘Der Landser’

Bauer Media Group, a German magazine publisher of Life & Style, In Touch, and other popular publications, has announced its plans to discontinue the publication…

World War II Pilot Pays Tribute to Fallen Comrades in Battle of Britain Anniversary

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Joy Lofthouse was among the many World War II Veterans who commemorated the Battle of Britain and remembered friends and comrades lost during the battle.…

WWII Vet’s Smoking Habit Nearly Gets Him and Wife Kicked Out of Home

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Andy Nowicki and his wife, both 90 years old, have called their apartment in Newington, Connecticut their home. However, they were informed by their landlord…

Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam’s fabled General dies at 102

Photo story:  General Vo Nguyen Giap smiles with Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh, during First Indochina War in 1950 (left photo). With soldiers in 1954…

Simply Ingenious! German Spy Cams and Bugs During the Cold War

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The CIA of the United States, the MI6 of the United Kingdom and the KGB of the Soviet Union — home to the world’s greatest…

WWII Vet Publishes His Second World War Memoirs

Gordon Huntington was in his 20s when World War II broke out. He worked as a signalman for the British Navy when he was captured…

History of Tanks: The German Maus

In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. Just…