Key Political Figures of WWI
The Global Post compiled a list of the key political figures during the First World War. Here are their profiles. Britain David Lloyd George (1853…
WWII Mini Series “Generation War”Faces Civil Action in Poland
The Second World War vet, whose name is not to be revealed, filed in a civil case against the producer of the series, together with…
British Paratroopers To Mark D-Day 70th Anniversary
One of the events, which is set for June 5 this year, will be a mass parachute jump and will be carried out by the…
Tension Between Bletchley Park Trust, NMC Hampers Work on WWII Artifacts
An engineer alleges that the tension between Bletchley Park Trust and the National Museum of Computing hampering is repair work on a priceless WWII German…
Siege of Leningrad: a 70 Year Anniversary Tribute
The Nation recently ran a story about the 70th anniversary of Russia breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad. Monday, January 28, 2014 marked 70 years…
World War II: Japanese On American Soil
Frank Von Arx was on duty in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska when he wrote this letter to his friend Frank Gartz. He didn’t seem…
New WWII Discovery in Karimunjawa: German U-Boat
After discovering ceramics dating back to the Ming Dynasty in 2009 and 2011, divers from the Yogyakarta Archaeological Center has made another new discovery last…
THE TURKS IN KOREA – CREATING A MYTH (Part 1)
By Savvas D. Vlassis We often hear about the Turkish population of 80 million and Turkey’s powerful armed forces, the second largest in NATO, after…
FREELY I SERVED – Review by Mark Barnes
Autobiographies have many purposes. They allow us a window into the lives of the great and the good where we learn how it was to…
Revisiting the Battle of Stalingrad through German Letters
The Battle of Stalingrad ended seventy one years ago – on February 2, 1943 – after exactly five months, a week and three days of…
Rare fungus was carried to Scotland from mainland Europe on WWI soldiers’ boots
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) The rare fungus Clavulinopsis cinereoides was carried to Scotland from mainland Europe on WWI soldiers boots. (2) Soldiers…
Rare photo of WWII women code-breakers who operated the first computer surfaces
A unique photograph of a team of women code-breakers was recently publicized during the 70th anniversary of the first electronic computer operated by the women…