USS Houston Discovered in Java Sea
The wreckage of the USS Houston, a ship destroyed by the Japanese in 1942, has been found in the Java Sea. In many ways, the…
Alaska: Keepsakes of a Nuremberg Stenographer to be Auctioned
Anchorage, Alaska – Carbon-copy transcripts of the Nuremberg Trials, these are but some of the mementos of a Nuremberg stenographer that will be put up on…
WWII Dreaded German Bomber Salvaged in French Mountains
The remains of the dreaded WWII German bomber known as the Dornier could be any history enthusiast’s discovery of the year but locals are less keen…
Austria: Town Officials, Seen in Nazi Basement Footage, Resign
Austria – Two conservative town council members in eastern Austria left the People’s Party and resigned from their town posts after a documentary Nazi basement footage…
Germany: Installed Swastika on Pavement, Accidental or Deliberate?
A construction firm in Germany is under fire due to a swastika shape which took form from a supposedly fitting of a random set bricks…
John F. Kennedy WWII Letters Auctioned Off for $200,000
A trove of letters sent by John F. Kennedy during WWII went down under the hammer recently for a huge $200,000. The letters were sent…
Rare Coast Guard Cutter Pictures Surface
It has not been that long since LIFE.com uploaded a number of rare Coast Guard pictures taken by a deceased veteran by the name of…
The Holocaust: A Display of the Most Gruesome War Crime Artefacts
With ghoulish collections from war crimes, the Little dean Crime Through Time Museum in Gloucestershire is one of the most revealing and thoughtfully put together…
Forts And Fortifications – Review by Phil Hodges
Like the title suggests, this wasn’t a book to be read in your lunch break This was to be no quick read but was specialist…
WWI Photos Taken by Prince Edward to Go Under the Hammer
Photographs snapped by Prince Edward, then Prince of Wales, from the Western Front are set to go under the hammer this October 1 in London. The…
Overlooked Hero, Sir Fabian Ware, Gets Much Deserved Recognition
Sir Fabian Ware, the unsung hero who made sure that a generation of those who died during the Great War would not be left forgotten,…
D-Day Revisited: Lord Ashcroft Retraces His Father’s Footsteps to the Normandy Invasion
D-day was the day over 155,000 allied troops, marines, airmen and naval personnel crossed the channel and invaded Normandy in France. The soldiers were on…