German Dog Tags From WW1 To Be Returned Home
A dog tag that belonged to a German soldier in World War I is to be returned to his family. A New Zealand soldier brought…
The 8 Most Wanted Nazi Criminals Who Are Still At Large
Each year since 2001, Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center produces an Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi war…
Tanks vs Bridges – the Bridges Lost the Battle
Check out this collection of images of tanks that proved too heavy for the bridges they were driving on. All but one of these fascinating…
The American WWII Ace Who Shot Down 7 German, 1 Italian, 1 Japanese, And 1 American Plane
During WWII, an American fighter pilot saw combat over all three Axis territories. By war’s end, he had destroyed Italian, German, and Japanese planes… oh,…
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…