Parachute Jump Over France to Commemorate D-Day
The BBC shared a story on January 29, 2014 of the plans Britain has to commemorate the 70 years since D-Day. The tribute will take…
Should Russia Have Given Up Leningrad?
Should Russia have given up its stance on Leningrad in WWII? That seemingly simple question released a maelstrom of reactions in Russia just recently. The end…
DVD Review: BURMA -The Forgotten Army by Phil Hodges
Well, what a delight! I’m always one for history to be told as it actually happened to the masses by the masses and not…
Forgotten Soldiers Of WWI
They are about 1000 now and they went to fight for their country during the First World War. However, the respect they earned in the…
Rare World War 2 Humber Snipe Military Vehicle Found In Bodden
The 1940 Humber Snipe was rusting in Andy Stevens’s shed in Bodden. Andy Stevens is a conservation stoneworker with a huge interest in military vehicles.…
Vietnam War Memorial Seeking Photos Of Valley’s Fallen
Some of the already collected photographs, found in high school yearbooks and offered by families and relatives are on display on the memorial’s website. The…
Sometimes ‘Nazi’ Is the Right Word
The decision came last week, as the government in Israel insisted that the use of the word ‘Nazi’ is nothing else but a weapon of…
‘Generation War’ Paint the Germans of WWII
The program, Generation War, is a five-hour long epic that wanted to bring the experiences of ordinary German soldiers on the Eastern Front during WWII.…
Family vs. Historian: the U-33 Controversy
The Greenock Telegraph reported on January 21, 2014 the story of the relatives of a U-Boat gunner direct their anger toward an Inverclyde historian’s dismissal…
Restored Fighter Plane Salutes Flying Tigers
The P-40E never flew with the Tigers, however, it was used by the 1st American Volunteer Group formed in China by Gen. Claire Chennault before…
A Pacifican’s Tale Of The Airflift to WWII China
The servicemen who used to fly the China-Burma-India airlift during World War II, delivered many important supplies to Chiang Kai-shek and United States Army Air…
The battlefields where you can mark 100 years since the start of WW1
1. Last Post at Ypres’ Menin Gate: One shouldn’t miss the Last Post at Ypres’ Menin Gate, a short tribute paid every night at 8pm,…