WWI’s Lord Kitchener Embellished on New £2 Coins
In a decision that will likely raise a few eyebrows, the Royal Mint has come up with a new design for the £2 coin which will…
WWI Onslaught Captured in Joe Sacco’s 24-Foot Artwork
Maltese-American journalist Joe Sacco’s most recent work is not a comprehensive article or a thousand pages long graphic novel; it is a panoramic illustration 24…
Airmen From WWII Bomber Found In Swamp To Receive Proper Burial
The five airmen were trapped inside the Halifax bomber for 70 years. The bomber crushed into a swamp after it was shot down during a…
WWII Polish Leader Wladyslaw Sikorski’s Death Void of Foul Play – Inquest
Warsaw, Poland – A five-year Polish investigation into the unexpected death of WWII Polish leader Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski in 1943 through a plane crash yielded no evidences…
The Heroic Paradogs of World War II
First, he learnt how to find and identify minefields, he protected his fellow soldiers on battlefields, he parachuted under a storm of German anti-aircraft on…
WWII Collectors, Now You Can Create Your Own Enigma Machine
CNet.com shares information on how you can create your own Enigma Crypto-machine written by ST-Geotronics. If you are a WWII buff, you know what an…
“Death Railway”: British POW Recalls Burma Railway Story
Aside from the classic British-American film in 1957, Bridge on the River Kwai, the struggles prisoners of war endured in Burma and the making of the “death…
World War One Statistics
The Japan Times – World War One left millions people wounded, widowed, without parents, and dead. These horrifying numbers gives you a small insight onto…
Holocaust Survivor Recalls The Bitterest Months Of Nazi Persecution
He was arrested together with his parents and eight siblings and he lied about his age, hopping he would be sent to a labour camp…
War Graves Commission Face Major WWI Challenge
For the 1914-18 Project, the commission is organizing and getting everything ready for four years of events, memorial commemoration, wreath laying ceremonies and tours, to…
Sylvia Salmon (1922-2013): WWII Servicewoman Asked Ashes to be Scattered Over RAF Duxford
Sylvia Salmon was among the first members of the Womens’ Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and spent some of her best years as a servicewoman in WWII…
WWII USS Hornet (CV-8) Which Became A Legend Of The War
When the USS Hornet (CV-8) was launched on Dec.14, 1940, it was the last carrier in the Yorktown class. Compared to its sister ships, the Yorktown…