Unseen First World War Photographs Show Troops At Play
The unseen diary of a young nurse aboard the medical ships at Gallipoli has revealed new photographs depicting the everyday life of soldiers during the…
Sergeant Cavinder: One Man’s Story of Compassion and Brutality in the Trenches
The Hull Daily Mail reported a story that shows both the brutality and compassion that took places during the First World War Sergeant Len Cavinder…
Halet Çambel: 1936 Olympics’ First Female Muslim Player Refused to Meet Hitler
Halet Çambel may have failed to bring Turkey honors from the 1936 Berlin Olympics but she did one thing that earned her the world’s applause —…
DVD Review: PANZER MARCHE! The Dash for Bastogne – by Phil Hodges
PANZER MARCHE! The Dash for Bastogne. Pen & Sword Military 80 mins. Review by Phil Hodges for War History Online This DVD is from The…
WWI Tank Returns to Hinckley
The Hinkley Times ran a report on January 12, 2014 about a WWI tank that arrived to commemorate the beginning of the war. February 3,…
Scottish Twins Died On the Same Day at Anzio During WWII
The Herald Scotland reported on January 21, 2014 the story of two Scottish twins who perished during the Second World War on the same day.…
B-17 Bomber Wing Panel as a Memorial to Forgotten WWII Vets
Mobile, Alabama – In a recent ceremony, retired Major George Cramer, part of the 384th Bombardment Group and flew 25 missions during WWII, added his…
Wartime Claim To Fame Divides the 2 Italian Towns of Nettuno and Anzio
The American Third Infantry Division landed in Nettuno in Jan. 22, 1944, while other British and American troops headed for the nearby beaches in Anzio.…
Hitler’s Secret Bunker And His Plot To Invade Britain
Every day and every night Adolf Hitler and his military chiefs would be inside the secret bunker, which had rooms above and below the ground,…
NO PARACHUTE – Review by Mark Barnes
NO PARACHUTE Arthur Gould Lee Grub Street ISBN: 978 1 90916 604 2 Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online Arthur Gould Lee had…
200-Year-Old Cannons Under South Wales Beach Bared by Storms
South Wales – Recent storms have laid bare 2 cannons hidden under the sand of a South Wales beach from a sunken British warship sent…
Imperial War Museum Duxford Receives Money for American Collection Development
The Imperial War Museum Duxford has been granted £980,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund; it plans to use the money for the redevelopment of its American…