Famous Letter Demanding Surrender At Bastogne Goes On Display in Boston Museum
A museum in Boston has obtained two important World War II documents to add to their large collection of the items from that war. The…
Avro Lancaster bomber “Just Jane” is undergoing careful restoration as a tribute to Bomber Command Veterans
Pride and dedication are going into the restoration of Just Jane, an Avro Lancaster bomber under repair as a memorial to Christopher Patton and other…
Amazing – Dutch Caretaker at Margraten Cemetery is reaching out to lost family of slain WW2 Soldier
Richard Smeets wants to know more about Savas J. Batsos who was killed during World War II in the Netherlands and whose grave he tends.…
Coming Home – Flying Tigers Pilots Who Died in Training during World War Two
The remains of two pilots and a Martinsburg-area man killed in Southeast Asia while training with the Flying Tigers in the Second World War are…
WW2 Tiger Moth pilot takes to the air one last time
Dr. Sandy Saunders, despite being 94 and being aware he is dying of bladder and prostate cancer, recently put on his flying jacket, scarf and…
The Forgotten Sacrifice and Horrific Demise of Eleven WWII Heroes
The bodies of eleven American soldiers were found in a field in Belgium during the last winter of World War II. Their eyes had been…
The Fascinating story of Tokyo Rose – an American woman forced to broadcast WW2 propaganda by the Japanese
Radio propaganda was a prominent part of World War II and perhaps no on-air propagandist was more well-known than Iva Toguri, also known as “Tokyo…
Band of Brothers, Behind The Scenes – New Book In The Works
After more than 15 years, why is Band of Brothers still such a popular television series? Looking back, after watching the series so many times,…
120 unexploded WW1 shells found during home improvement in France
Finding not one but 120 unexploded bombshells brought a home improvement job to a quick halt recently in Beuvry, France in the Pas-de-Calais area. Bomb…
Easy Company – Band of Brothers – The Crossroads Battle Explained
Introduction – The Island It is October 2nd, 1944, the 101st Airborne has completed its tasks on Hells Highway around Veghel and Eindhoven and has…
Record-breaking 34-foot waves smash Concrete Ships in California
A small part of history was no match last weekend for pounding waves that snapped a section of the renowned S.S. Palo Alto, a First…
Condemned by Evidence: Minutes of the Wannsee Conference
In March 1947, while German foreign ministry officials were defending their actions at the Nuremberg Trials, assistant US chief counsel made an important discovery. Amid…