The Real Story Behind The ‘Monuments Men’ Goes Far Deeper Than The Blockbuster Movie
Put aside the twists, the plot, the cast and all the rest, the real story of the Monuments Men is far more complex than this…
Grand Slam Bomb Testing Site Exploration in New Forest
The search is on for the Grand Slam testing site, the bomb created by well known inventor Barnes Wallis during WWII known to be an…
WWII-Era Dambusters Squadron Fly Their Last Mission
January 30th, 2014, the Royal Air Force ran a story entitled “Final Flight of the Dambusters.” The RAF squadron was born for battle. The group…
Vietnam War POW Talks Of Seven Years Of ‘Hell’
The Vietnam War vet, spoke about his military experiences last week during a meeting of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees at the DoubleTree…
Heinrich Himmler’s Personal Letters to be Published
Germany’s Die Welt wishes to publish Heinrich Himmler’s letters to his wife. Himmler’s letters to his wife were not just love letters, but they also…
The Time The U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over A Highjacked Spy Ship
The U.S.S. Pueblo was stationed on the coast off the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The reason why the boat was at that place at…
Lone Survivor, the Film that Divided America?
Lone Survivor, the reality-based movie about a Navy SEAL mission which went awry,premiered in US cinemas recently going headlong against The Wolf of Wall Street,…
THE DEFENCE AND FALL OF GREECE 1940-41 – Review by Mark Barnes
We’re not done with January yet and my entirely non-existent book of the year chart already has a candidate in this enjoyable read from John…
Can Auschwitz Be Saved?
Every person who has ever been to Auschwitz remembers the two tons of black and brown, blond, red, grey and white hair of those unfortunate…
How Did Soldiers In WWI Receive 12 Million Letters Every Week
In 1915, a soldier fighting on the Western Front wrote to a London newspaper requesting some mail, since he felt quite lonely. He did not…
Mengele’s Passport Is Discovered by a San Diego Historian
The New York Daily News ran a story of Craig Gottlieb, a historian and a frequent contributor to the television show “Pawn Stars”. The historian…
Wyo. Woman Recovers Class Ring Lost In WWII B-17 Crash In South Pacific
The ring was given back to her during a ceremony organized at the American Legion Hall in Lander. Before it was lost, the ring was…