New TV drama tells story of 1960s Nazi criminal Eichmann trial
A new BBC TV drama is to tell the story of the 1960s Nazi criminal trial of Adolf Eichmann, which was filmed by a TV…
WWII Bunker Split in Half to Create an Artistic Memorial
Guns.com brings the story of Bunker 599 located in the Netherlands, was cut in half and has been turned into an artistic war memorial. Originally…
UNDERSTANDING THE SOMME 1916 – Review Dr Wayne Osborne
Battlefield guide books!? We didn’t use guide books on the Somme in ma day lad, we just got on with it and found out for…
Save Our Sounds: British Library’s Unique Collection of Sound Recordings Could Get Lost in 15 years
The British Library is appealing to Save Our Sounds as it fears its unique collection of sound recordings could get lost in the next fifteen years.…
New Cosford Exhibit – All About WWI Air Services – Opens Up
A New Cosford Exhibit, tackling air services during the Great War, recently opened at the RAF Museum in Cosford, Shropshire. The Cosford exhibit opened alongside…
Bringing the Bugatti 100P back to life: Bid to rebuild amazing 500mph WWII plane that could have won Germany the war
A team of engineers are working together to replicate the Bugatti Veyron (or Bugatti 100P), an art deco-era fighter plane that was designed for WWII…
Japanese-American World War Two veterans receive Legion of Honor
Japanese-American veterans who took part in the liberation of France during World War Two are to receive the Legion of Honor from the French government.…
World War II photos of Mussolini’s death
Beverlee Larabee recently rediscovered three photographs of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s body on display after he and his mistress were executed on April 28, 1945.…
Original article from 1991 recalls the start of the Iraq War
An article originally published in the Daily News in 1991 recalls how the first Iraq War was started and being reported at the time, as…
Remember January 19, 1915: Centenary of the First Air Raids on Britain
January 19, 1915 [One Hundred Years Ago] – German Zeppelins flew conducted the air raids on Britain causing the death of four people. It was the…
Pacific War B-24 Liberator pilot remembers World War Two experience
Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Fitzhenry who flew a B-24 Liberator in the 72nd Bomb Squadron during World War Two’s Pacific War has told his recollection of…
SONS OF LIBERTY
In advance of the new Revolutionary War themed mini series on the History Channel Phil Hodges swaps his Afrika Korps shorts and MP40 for a…