John Basilone, WW2 Hero Dramatised by HBO, to Have New Warship Named in His Honour
If you’ve ever seen the HBO miniseries The Pacific, you may have heard of the name John Basilone (played by Jon Seda). Well, on Tuesday,…
Books Commemorating WW2 Tragedy, Donated To England By The USA, Have Been Lost to History
It was in August of 1944 when the little village of Freckleton, in Lancashire, England experienced a most terrible air disaster. The pilot of an…
No Criminal Charges Bought in Vintage M-18 Hellcat Explosion That Killed Two in the US
In October of 2015, two men were killed when the M-18 Hellcat they were both in violently exploded. After nearly a year of investigations, it…
Le Paradis – Where the SS Murdered 97 British Prisoners on May 27th 1940
In 1940, members of the British military were slaughtered – after they had surrendered to German forces. Two survived, but no one believed their story.…
German Man Claims to Have Found the Fabled Nazi Atom Bombs
Peter Lohr, a 70-year-old German retired mechanical engineer, believes that he has located atomic bombs hidden in a tunnel in central Germany. He claims to…
In WW2, Peter Rupp Saved 14 American Soldiers from Certain Death at the Hands of the Nazis
Twenty-four hours after the start of the Battle of the Bulge, a horrific chain of events began to unfold in the tiny Belgian town of…
The Real Pacific – 5th Marines Combat Footage Of Peleliu, the Bitterest Battle of the War
The Battle of Peleliu began on 16 September 1944 and lasted until 27 November of that same year. United States Marines of the First Marine…
John Baskeyfield VC: A Mighty Hero of the WW2 Battle of Arnhem
As a civilian, John Baskeyfield spent his time as a butcher, but during the Battle of Arnhem, he turned his skills to a different type…
A Tribute to Band Of Brothers Major Richard “Dick” Winters
There are those who merely exist in life, simply going through the motions and completing the average tasks required for another day. Then there are…
Planes, Tanks and Armoured Cars – World War Two Wrecks in the Desert
Check it out! From Sherman tanks to armored cars and even a plane, this video shows us photos of abandoned world war 2 wrecks in…
Adolf Eichmann, the Evil Architect of the Holocaust in WW2
Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the Holocaust, became an infamous figure after his heavily publicized trial and execution in Israel in 1962.…
Eight More Suspected Former Nazis Under Investigation in Germany
For over half a century many criminal justice organizations have been searching for former Nazis and Nazi sympathizers. Earlier this month, Germany’s judicial agency for…