Pigeon vs Telephone: Which Worked Best In The Trenches of WWI?
The British Army believed that wireless radio and telephones would be good enough to keep the leaders on the battlefield in touch with each other…
90 Year Old Expatriate Must Return to the UK to Receive Pension
At 90 years old, a former intelligence officer from the Second World War must return to the UK from her home in Canada if she…
C-47 Dakota from WWII Returns to Site of D-Day
Whiskey 7, a Douglas C-47 transport plane from WWII, is being temporarily removed from the National Warplane Museum, set to once again unleash a storm…
Chilling Dachau Images of Hugo Jaeger, Hitler’s Photographer
No one knows exactly why Hugo Jaeger, one of Hitler’s official photographers, came back to Dachau five years after it was liberated by US…
Codename Agent Blanche, the last surviving British female spy of the World War II
Her real-life story is that which can only be read in spy books or see in movies. Yet Agent Blanche was was daring, real…
“The Forces’ Sweetheart” Dame Vera Lynn Plans New Album at 97
English singer Dame Vera Lynn is far from over in the music industry. On her 97th birthday celebration last March 20, she announced her plans…
German WWI Soldier’s Wallet Returning to Surviving Family
After almost a century, the wallet formerly belonging to German WWI soldier Herman Karl Ernst Musold will be returned to the surviving members of his…
British Jews In The First World War: Spirit Of The Maccabees
It was 1916 when Florence Oppenheimer was working as a hospital nurse in Cairo. Before that, she used to take care of wounded servicemen, on…
The Monuments Men rescued Nazi-stolen art and more
The “Monuments Men” produced and directed by George Clooney did not really receive the warm welcome expected especially with its all-star cast. The critics were…
Luftwaffe Bombs Force Evacuation of the Red Arrows
At the Royal Air Force base in Scrampton, Lincolnshire, there was immense fear of an explosion after Luftwaffe bombs were discovered on site. The world-class…
Lawrence of Arabia’s Secret Camp Discovered in Jordan
Almost a full century following the desert expedition of Thomas Edward Lawrence, an officer of intelligence for Britain during WWI who came to be known…
Rüdiger Heim and His Nazi Father
Rüdiger Heim had not seen his father in several years, when was six years of age. Having traveled extensively since then, Heim landed in Egypt…