Each to his own country: the tale of a German submariner, his English wife and WWI
The Deutschland. This merchant submarine became known for making successful voyages across the Atlantic to the United States, eluding the heavy watch of the Royal…
Mill Hill War Hero Fred Harris Reunited With Army General Hugh Beach 70 Years After Saving His Life
Last time they saw each other was when Fred Harris was dragging Hugh Beach on the back of his car, while Harris was shot and…
WWII Secret Revealed: Herefordshire Resistance Groups
These men led double lives – that of “cowards” while working for the British Army without the people around them knowing, even their own families.…
Williams Valley Welcomes Battle Of The Bulge Veterans
History books have mentioned them ever since, said former Sgt. Major Warren Parks. He come from Lebanon and on Jan. 29, he was the master…
Dr. Leveque Sheds Light On US War Veterans
First Sergeant Cory Remberg is one of the best (or worst?) examples of how America has betrayed some of the best troops who fought in…
A Lost Diary: Stories Of A WWII ‘Suicide Mission’
In the lost and found diary, Capt. Jack Stanley Jones wrote about a medal presentation he had to wake up early for and complained about…
Guarding the Truth- testimony of a guard at a Nazi concentration camp
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Margarete Barthel, at her house near Duesseldorf, Germany in 2006 (2) A pile of corpses of Jews &…
Japan Submits Kamikaze Letters to be World Heritage Artifacts
The residents of a Japanese city have filed over 300 last letters sent by kamikaze pilots in UNESCO for the Memory of the World Register…
Monuments Men Saved Art During WWII
Men and women who were part of the Monuments Men during the Second World War had already established their careers as curators, museum administrators, conservationists,…
Europe’s Great Powers And The ‘Suicidal’ War
The four years of the First World War, between 1914 and 1918, saw nations left almost lifeless and battles fought all around the world, but…
WWI Footage Released Showing Soldiers March Off To War
Amazing footage was recently released of WWI soldiers marching off to the trenches. The film was created by using several different clips that were filmed…
Swearing And WWI
Fighting Words: Canadian Soldiers’ Slang and Swearing in the Great War, a brilliant essay by Tim Cook, is probably the best example of swearing and…