Underwater ghosts: Trio Of World War Two Plane Wrecks Discovered Off The Solomon Islands
The unforgettable remains of fighter planes shot down during a mammoth Second World War battle have been photographed 185 feet beneath the waves. Dramatic pictures…
An Original “Schindler’s List” Is Expected to Make $2.4m at Auction
One of the authentic “Schindler’s lists,” the papers used by the German industrialist Oskar Schindler to save the lives of more than 1,200 Jews during…
This Heroic US Coastguard Signalman Sacrificed Himself To Save 500 Of His Fellows At Guadalcanal
The United States Coast Guard was founded on a tradition of taking small boats into dangerous conditions to save lives. This skill made Coast Guard…
Twelve Days Of Hard Fighting – The Australians Defeat The Japanese At Milne Bay In World War Two
Reprinted with permission from Australian Bunker and Military Museum Milne Bay is located on the south-eastern tip of Papua. Before World War II, most of the area’s…
The Human Bomb – The American Airman Who Jumped From Stricken B-17 Without A Parachute… And Survived
In 1943, an American airman participated in the bombing spree of a French town, resulting in incredible devastation. The man wasn’t satisfied, however, so he…
10 Facts: Stalin’s Great Purge – Over A Million People Detained, More Than Half A Million Shot
The Great Purge, also known as the Great Terror, was Stalin’s way of dealing with political opposition. Brutal and without mercy, he instigated the greatest…
The Persian Thermopylae: When Alexander The Great Nearly Lost His Empire In Battle
The Battle of the Persian Gate is not well-known, despite it being almost identical to the Greek stand at Thermopylae, only with reversed sides. A…
Reward Offered: 92-Year-Old World War II Veteran Has Been Recording His Memoirs, But Now They Have Been Stolen
Melvin Suda tried to join the Navy when he was seventeen, but his father wouldn’t sign the application. So Suda took an apprenticeship making bullet…
“We were enemies then. We are friends now” – Veteran Hopes to Return World War Two Flag to Japan
Marvin Strombo, 93, served in the US Marine Corps during World War II. While fighting in the Battle of Saipan in 1944, he recovered a…
A Hero Overlooked by History – British Resistance in the Occupied Channel Islands in World War Two
British policemen, ‘bobbies,’ on Britain’s Channel Islands during the Second World War could certainly identify with Sam Riley, a Scotland Yard detective struggling with the…
New Documentary Sheds Light on the Early Years of the Elite Special Air Service’s Founder
A BBC documentary makes the claim that Lieutenant Jock Lewes, founder of the elite Special Air Service (better known as the SAS), was deeply enamored by…
Flying Fortress Second World War bomber visits Eugene, Oregon
A bit of Second World War flying history, a B-17 Flying Fortress, called the ‘Madra Maiden’ touched down March 6 at Eugene, Ore., as part…